DID KITAMAAT VILLAGE COUNCIL, COMMIT FRAUD?

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REPORTING
HAISLA WATERGATE, BCUC DECISION AT STAKE
Merv Ritchie
DID KITAMAAT VILLAGE COUNCIL COMMIT FRAUD?

Steve Wilson sits as20the Chairperson of the Kitamaat Village Haisla Council. Under the Indian Act of Canada he is called Chief Councillor. It is an elected position much like the municipal elections held in non-aboriginal communities. There are 10 Councillors and one is appointed as a Deputy Chief Councillor to act in place of Wilson when he is not available. This elected body of representatives are not the hereditary Haisla leaders they are persons that have joined in the Canadian political process to gain political positions of authority. Steve Wilson might be considered as a Mayor.

In mid 2007 during the British Columbia Utility Commission hearings, which were to decide on the direction of the power sales issue from the water generated from some of the Haisla territories, Steve Wilson entered into a secret arrangement with the Premier of BC, Gordon Campbell. From his correspondence it would appear to be mid summer, 5 months prior to his December 9, 2007, letter exposing this deal where he states, “I have lived up to my promise and I expect the Province to live up to what it has promised me.” SEE HERE

What happened in these intervening 5 months has the Haisla community fractured and appears to be headed to Courts and possible criminal charges if the Hereditary Chiefs get their way.

It is not a confusing issue. It is a simple matter of a signature. The signature however is that of the highest authority of the Haisla Nation, the signature=2 0of the highest ranking hereditary Chief. It was his signature, that of Chief Jassee of the Beaver Clan, also known as Tom Robinson.

It is a requirement that Chief Jassee sign many documents. The most common is that of trapline rights. These need to be signed every year and there are many. Steve Wilson and Kitamaat Councillor Joey Nyce requested that a rubber stamp be made of Chief Jassee’s signature to be used for these trapline signings. It was this rubber stamp that was used on a document to provide support for Alcan’s position on the power sales issue in the intervening 5 months after Steve Wilson made his secret deal with Premier Campbell. Chief Jassee did not sign the document.

As the highest-ranking member of the Haisla Hereditary system his signature carries the full weight of authority for the Haisla Nation. When this rubber stamped document was put before other Haisla Hereditary Chiefs, being informed that Chief Jassee signed it, the other Chiefs followed suit. It would be a serious breech, a sign of disrespect to not agree with a document signed by Chief Jassee.

In a letter from Kitamaat Village Council lawyer Allan Donovan, Donovan claims that it was Deputy Chief Councillor Margaret Grant that used the stamp on the instructions of Councillor Kevin Stewart. Chief Councillor Steve Wilson claimed during the British Columbia Utility Commission hearings that all of the Hereditary Chiefs and he were together, discussed the mat ter and agreed to submit the letter.

When the Haisla Hereditary Chiefs discovered this deception a family member had a lawyer make representations to the British Columbia Utility Commission hearings to expose this dishonest act and the Hereditary Chiefs drafted a letter removing all authority from the Kitamaat Village Council to act on behalf of any Haisla territorial matter except “strictly limited to administrative duties on-reserve.” Other members went to the local Kitimat RCMP detachment and were turned away refusing to take action and pursue fraud charges.

Steve Wilson has responded to the controversy by filing a defamation lawsuit of his own. The Haisla Hereditary Chiefs consider this a SLAP lawsuit. A slap lawsuit is when a person or company files suit against a plaintiff in order to retaliate and tie up his legal resources. Steve Wilson has the resources of the Canadian Indian Act where the Hereditary Chiefs are likely to be unrepresented.

The case is to be heard on Monday January 19, 2009 in Terrace Supreme Court.
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I Have Spoken With The Headman And Inherent Chiefs: I Do Hereby Recognise And Affirm Their Innocence And Their Good Standing In Their Supreme Jurisdiction. As For The ONE WHO LAUNCHED THIS SMEAR SUIT: YOU Should Have YOUR OATH AND BOND DEFILED IMMEDIATELY.

To Create Harm Is Not YOUR POSITION. The Full Circle Will Come To Those Who Enable JURISDICTIONAL FRAUD: Are In CONFLICT OF INTEREST: As ALL CROWN EMPLOYEE'S Are ONEROUS FIDUCIARY TRUSTEE'S: Et Al. That Is Not A Threat SIR: That Is Merely The Fact Of The Matter.

CORRECT THE ERRORS OF JURISDICTION: BEFORE YOU BECOME "SUBJECT" TO THE POLICY'S THAT ARE THERE TO PREVENT IT.....THERE ARE NO STATUTES OF LIMITATIONS FOR FRAUD ARE THERE SIR??????

WAKE UP! Your PRIVATE PERSON LIABILITY Is At Stake.....Sincerely: The Living Crown Of [CANADA]: OF THE TRADINGPOST JURISDICTION OF COMMERCE AND WATER.