Work Ban Slapped on Protest Site
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The Ontario government has imposed an immediate moratorium on development of the Douglas Creek Estates on Wednesday, but failed to inform Henco Industries. They found out when their lawyer found David Ramsay's (Minister for Aboriginal Affairs) letter posted on a native land reclamation information website.
Work ban slapped on protest site
Builders not told of freeze on Douglas Creek Estates
By John Burman and Meredith Macleod
The Hamilton Spectator
(May 19, 2006)
The Ontario government has imposed an immediate moratorium on development of the Douglas Creek Estates without telling Caledonia builders Don and John Henning.
The brothers found out yesterday about the freeze they never agreed to and immediately filed a protest with the office of David Ramsay, minister for aboriginal affairs.
Lawyer Michael Bruder, who represents Henco Industries, the Hennings' company, said last night the brothers have "a strategy" about what to do if the government does not respond to their concerns about the freeze. He would not elaborate.
The moratorium, a long-standing native condition for negotiations to resolve land claims issues about the site, was imposed Wednesday.
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