Mushkegowuk Council 22nd Annual Assembly

Resolution No. 2007-09-36

First Nation

Kashechewan First Nacion

Henry Koosees Kashechewan First Nation

Fort Albany First Nation

Miriam Wesley Attawapiskat First Nation

Moose Cree First Nation

New Post First Nation

Chapleau Cree First Nation

Missanabie Cree First Nation

Certified copy of a resolution passed on September 13, 2007

Oil Spill Contamination in Attawapiskat

WHEREAS many years in the past the activities of a number of government agencies and utilities resulted in major spills of large quantities of fuel oil within the Attawapiskat community and Indian Reserve; and

WHEREAS these spills have spread in depth and width in the soil in the community, and the contamination poses a threat to the health of community residents and detracts from the usability of certain areas of the community; and

WHEREAS both the federal and provincial governments bear moral and legal responsibility for these harmful effects of their actions on the Attawapiskat community; and

WHEREAS some government officials have tried to deny responsibility, including on the grounds of legally expired time limits;

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Mushkegowuk Assembly supports the community of Attawapiskat in asking for immediate clean-up of the soil contamination in Attawapiskat by fuel oil spills in the past.

September 13, 2007

Attawapiskat, Ontario