Another Caledonia On The Horizon

And you wonder how much McGinty will pay to solve a federal problem
like he did at Caledonia?

Gagging the messenger

Dalton McGuinty's provincial Liberals had a bad day on Thursday. Ontario's Premier had just finished a stump speech and was heading for his campaign bus when a man shook his hand and asked a simple question: "What are you going to do about the natives occupying my site? MORE....

See McGuinty - Updated: See McGuinty Threaten Media

See McGuinty run; Quattrociocchi, whose plan to build duplexes in Brantford has been put on hold because of a protest by Natives, voiced his concern over the situation but was simply told by the Premier that it was 'a federal problem'.

Brantford Expositor;

Quattrociocchi said he did his best to avoid problems before work started.

"I don't understand why this is happening," he said. "I've been playing by the rules and I'm a small developer.

"If my small eight-unit development has created such concern with some members of the Six Nations, then does this mean that all houses along the Grand River as well as the casino are owned by Six Nations?"

Looks like it...

A small Brantford development company will not yield to "extortion" by paying the Six Nations Confederacy Council a fee before it goes ahead with the construction of four semi-detached homes, its owner said yesterday.

Mike Quattrociocchi said that under the terms of a so-called development protocol, the aboriginal group wants him to give it about 4 per cent of the estimated $1.2-million value of project. He said he plans to resume construction next week, even though it is likely to trigger protests.

"They are going for the small guys because they know they can squeeze us," said Mr. Quattrociocchi, whose project was shut down last week by native protesters.

Earlier this week, the confederacy council, which represents the hereditary chiefs of the Six Nations, announced the creation of the Haudenosaunee Development Institute, an agency that the chiefs say will "oversee" the development of lands in the Haldimand tract, an area six miles on either side of the Grand River.

From the comments - "It gets darker. Looks like Ben Chin tried to have the story hushed up."

Posted by Kate at 12:32 AM