Harsh Federal Court ruling on breakdown of rule or law in Norway House Cree Nation

Mr Justice Pierre Blais of the Federal Court of Canada has issued a harshly-worded ruling concerning the systematic breakdown of the rule of law in Norway House Cree Nation (NHCN), in response to an application by Councillor Marcel Balfour in the case of "Balfour vs. Chief Ron Evans et al".

In his ruling, Judge Blais finds that Chief Ron Evans (who is now Grand Chief of the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs, and who is a prominent federal Liberal party member and former Churchill riding candidate) and certain other Norway House elected officials:

- engaged in "deplorable influence peddling and blackmail"

- engaged in "usurpation of power"

- "failed to respect the notion of representative democracy regarding

their activities (putting) democracy at risk"

- acted "in bad faith"

- held numerous "secret meetings" of a "sub-group" of Councillors and

undertook many "unauthorized actions" including a court action in

Manitoba Court of Queen's Bench and tendering invalid evidence in

Court

A detailed press release and the Federal Court judgement can be downloaded at: http://www3.sendthisfile.com/d.jsp?t(equal sign)W3XXimnOiifgYv2Q3fMm0XiS

For further information: Marcel Balfour, (204) 359-0667; Jackie Esmonde, (416) 276-6208; Andrew Orkin, (905) 537-2553

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