Rarely enjoying the unequivocal support of formal aboriginal
government or town councils, the issues with which they have grappled –
methylmercury and concerns regarding public safety, like the North Spur stability
problem - they have advanced rational public policy themes which are important
to every citizen.
Their support has come from individual aboriginals and
non-aboriginal people alike; individuals who have often felt that the Native Groups
and the Town Councils, including the one in Happy Valley-Goose Bay, have been
far too willing to take Nalcor’s strings-attached largesse in return for deference
and for keeping quiet.
