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Old conflicts fuel disputes Controversial Supreme Court ruling threatens New Brunswick fisheries By M
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The destruction of Mi’kmaq lobster traps two Sundays ago rep resented an apex of bureaucratic mismanagement of natural resources. The source of pandemonium was the Marshall decision, a Supreme Court ruling that allows native fishermen to fish the waters of New Brunswick throughout the year. Professor Ian Keay of McGill environmental economics explains, “The constraints on seasonal fish ing didn’t apply to members of the First Nations according to a 235 year old treaty. So in other words, for the last 200 years or so the gov ernment has been illegally con straining native fishery rights because they never ensured the enforcement of the treaty.” This decision was met by a huge backlash from non-native fishermen in Burnt Church NB, manifesting itse lf through the destruction of 3,700 of roughly 4,700 native lobster traps in the area. This act of vandalism elicited numerous acts of violence between native fishermen and non-native fishermen in Burnt Church, plung ing the fishing community into a war. It has long been a tendency to dismiss acts such as this as childish chicanery, but the root of the con flict extends much deeper, threat ening the livelihood of both the Native and non-Native fishing community. “In general when you remove constraints on access of a renew able resource what happens is you get a dramatic increase in effort on the part of a given stock. What that means is that essentially the gov ernment had these constraints on access that restricted fishing to a Continued on page 14
Brown Student Service building gets receives its official inauguration
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New student complex officially opens Phase one of move into W illiam and Mary Brown Building begins end of Novem ber B y J. K
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The W illiam and .M ary Brown Student Services Building was inaugurated last Thursday in a ceremony celebrating the com plex and those who helped make it possible. “This really is cause for a true cele b ra tio n ,” Dean of Students Rosalie Jukier told the crowd assembled in the lobby of the new building. Jukier was the driving force behind the 10.5 mil lion dollar structure set to house everything from the Student Health Centre to Stu dents’ So ciety o f M cG ill U niversity offices. “I quickly realized that improving the delivery of student services at McGill could only be done by achieving one central goal: getting a new building,” said Jukier.
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Student Support In her address, Jukier made reference to the many donors who contributed to the construction of the four-story building, but stressed that students were espe cially instrumental in getting the ball rolling. Through an SSMU referen dum, the undergraduate body at McGill pledged 3 million dollars towards the new building. “Our students remarkably and stunningly came through and gave the project the financial push it needed,” she said. “Never before has a project been such a true partnership between McGill and its students.” Two major benefactors of the new building were William and Mary Brown. Dale Canfield, a longtim e neighbour o f the Browns, came to speak on behalf
of the ailing Mr. Brown. “The story of the Brow n’s support goes back on this campus perhaps as many as sixty years.” Mary Brown received her MA in sociology from M cG ill back in 1933 and has supported the university ever since. Mrs. Brown died a year and a half ago and did not live to see the build ing constructed. William Brown is a m edical graduate from McGill and currently resides in New Jersey. Mr. Brown sent his good wishes in a message. “University is an increasingly critical time in the lives o f stu dents and we must be concerned about their well-being in a holistic sense,” he wrote. “This has been a priority for me and my late wife Mary, and I am delighted that the new Student Services Building will provide McGill students with
a door through which they can find their way.” Because of Mary Brow n’s dedication to mental and physical health, the new health center will be named after her as well. Other speakers at the inaugu ration included City Councillor Gerry W einer, C hancellor Richard Pound, SSMU President Andrew Tischler and Principal Bernard Shapiro. “Although this is the result of a lot of people working together, it ’ s very much the result of Rosalie Jukier having been deter mined that we would all work together,” said Principal Shapiro.
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