(Continued from part 1) Attachment #1: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 16, 1993 BOYCOTT WOOLWORTH DEMONSTRATION Friends of the Lubicon (FOL) will be holding a rally at the Woolworth outlet at the Intersection of Bathurst and Bloor Saturday, July 17, 1993. A solidarity rally will also be held in Calgary at 11 am Calgary time to spread the boycott to the West. FOL has called for a boycott on all stores owned by Woolworth Canada, Inc. to protest that company's use of paper bags manufactured by the transnational paper company Daishowa-Marubeni Ltd. The boycott was launched at a press conference on June 23, 1993, attended by the Chiefs of Ontario and the National Association of Japanese Canadians. Over 26 other companies, representing over 2,700 retail outlets, have now joined the boycott of Daishowa paper products to protest that company's plans to clear-cut almost the entire unceded territories of the Lubicon Lake Cree Nation in northern Alberta. The Lubicon community has been devastated by oil and gas development over the last 15 years and sees clear-cut logging as the final blow to their once self-sufficient society. The boycott has been successful in keeping Daishowa off Lubicon lands for two consecutive logging seasons. Despite months of attempted negotiations, Woolworth Canada Inc. has remained obstinate in its refusal to consider choosing another supplier for its paper bags. As past campaigns -- such as our successful three- month boycott against Pizza Pizza -- have shown, the economic impact of presenting such an issue to a company's consumers has proven effective in convincing that company to find another alternative. We hope that Woolworth Canada Inc. will listen to the rest of the buying public even if they are unwilling to listen to the concerns of First Nations here in Canada. Stores which are subject to the boycott campaign include: Kinney Canada Footlocker Karuba Woolworth Lady Footlocker Canary Island Northern Reflections Champs Sports Fredelle Northern Traditions Randy River Willow Ridge Northern Getaway Ashbrooks Silk and Satin Reflexions The Best of Times Casuals Woolco For more information please contact: Friends of the Lubicon (Toronto) 416-783-4694 or Rosemary Brown, Calgary Daishowa Boycott Coalition at 403-282-7283 * * * * * Attachment #2: The Edmonton Journal, Sunday, July 18, 1993 BAG BOYCOTT HITS STORE The Canadian Press Consumers shouldn't shop at Woolworth Canada stores until the company finds another paper bag supplier, say supporters of an Alberta Cree band locked in a land dispute. Members of the Friends of the Lubicon, who demonstrated outside a Toronto Woolworth store Saturday, say the chain is using paper bags, produced by a company planning to clear-cut trees in territory claimed by the band. "Such logging would be a death blow to Lubicon society," said group spokeswoman Suzanne Methot, who grew up on the territory 340 kilometres northwest of Edmonton. She said her group hopes public pressure will keep the Japanese multinational paper company, Daishowa-Marubeni, Ltd. off the land. The group also wants to help force the federal and Alberta governments to resume land claim negotiations with the Lubicon. * * * * * Attachment #3: June 15, 1993, letter from Daishowa-Marubeni to Jacques Johnson, co-Chair, Lubicon Settlement Commission of Review Dear Father Johnson: I am writing this letter to express our concern about an issue raised in the Final Report of the Lubicon Settlement Commission of Review pertaining to Daishowa-Marubeni's activities. As you know, we feel that the current logging moratorium has helped provide a suitable environment for meaningful discussion to take place directly between the Lubicons and the two levels of government. We share the disappointment expressed by the Commission Report that substantial progress does not yet seem to have been made to resolve this long- standing conflict. Daishowa-Marubeni cannot resolve this dispute, however, you can be assured that we have maintained pressure on the Federal and Alberta Governments to give this matter the highest possible priority. In addition, Daishowa-Marubeni does not own the forestry lands in question. We must obtain our harvesting authority from the Alberta Government on an annual basis. As in past years, we are currently preparing our plans for submission to the Alberta Government and it is our sincere desire to continue to avoid the Lubicon area of concern while negotiations are proceeding. We would therefore encourage interested parties to express their concerns directly to the Alberta Government so that the current logging moratorium can be extended as long as possible. If I may, there is one error of fact in the Commission Report that I would like to bring to your attention so it may be corrected for the record. Specifically, page two, fifth paragraph reads as follows: "Lubicon negotiators presented a draft settlement agreement to provincial negotiators June 1, 1990. Negotiations with the provincial government broke down at the end of the month. In the fall, despite verbal understanding to the contrary, Daishowa confirmed that four companies would log in the disputed territory. In November some logging equipment was torched on Lubicon traditional territory. Seventeen Lubicon were arrested. Trial was set for January 1993." These statements incorrectly say that there was a verbal understanding between Daishowa and the Lubicons involving the Lubicon traditional territory. Daishowa has stated publicly many times that no such understanding ever existed. We believe that the alleged existence of an "agreement" may have been based on a miscommunication originally, but the fact remains that there is no such understanding. In addition, the logging companies referred to are in fact sawmill operations that have logged in the region for many years, and in some cases, several decades, without incident. For example, the logging equipment that was torched belonged to a contractor for an independent sawmill that is totally unrelated to Daishowa-Marubeni's operations. It is therefore incorrect to imply that Daishowa-Marubeni has control over independent sawmills and their contractors, which of course have separate coniferous timber quota agreements with the Alberta Government. Finally, we were disappointed that the Commission Report was silent on the fact that some Lubicon support groups continue to spread false information about Daishowa-Marubeni's activities and plans, and initiate boycotts and other hostile actions against us. This is a fundamentally dishonest approach that only serves to undermine the credibility of those involved. It is difficult for us to remain committed to helping the Lubicon Band achieve a fair and just settlement if such irresponsible actions continue. We certainly hope that 1993 is a year in which this complex matter is finally resolved and that we can find a way to work constructively together to assist in the process. Yours truly, Daishowa-Marubeni International Ltd., J.P. Morrison, General Manager, Edmonton Office * * * * * Attachment #4: July 13, 1993, letter from Jacques Johnson, co-Chair, Lubicon Settlement Commission of Review, to Daishowa-Marubeni Dear Mr. Morrison, Thank you for your letter of June 15th regarding the report of the Lubicon Settlement Commission of Review. I agree with you that "the current logging moratorium has helped provide a suitable environment for meaningful discussion to take place directly between the Lubicons and the two levels of government". Indeed I remember writing a letter to Mr. Tom Hamaoka on September 27, 1991, asking specifically that Daishowa desist from its intentions of pursuing logging in the disputed area. I was most pleased that your company demonstrated the wisdom that it did and maintained the moratorium on this territory. I also appreciate the fact that Mr. Hamaoka has brought public pressure on the governments to come to the negotiating table and bring a fair resolution to this long-standing issue. Such pressure is the kind of talk our governments are bound to hear and act upon. Our Commission expressed regret that your company chose not to present evidence to our hearings at any time, despite an explicit invitation to do so while we were holding hearings in Peace River. Our final report was, of necessity, compiled on the basis of evidence presented to us, rather than on the basis of evidence withheld. The evidence presented convincingly by the Lubicon to members of this Commission is that your company had agreed to a moratorium on logging pending a settlement. This position of yours would have been taken, the Lubicon tell us, on March 7th, 1988, at Daishowa's Vancouver office. They tell us there was a demonstration of Lubicon supporters outside your office and Chief Ominayak and his consultant as well as Haida Chief Miles Richardson and President of the United Native Nations Ron George went in and had a congenial meeting with Mr. Kitigawa and Mr. Wakabayashi. Immediately following the meeting the Chief went outside and reported the good news to the demonstrators that an agreement had indeed been achieved between Daishowa and the Lubicons, ie, that there would be no logging until a settlement was achieved. It does not appear probable that the Chief would have invented such an important matter had he not heard it with his own ears. Could the real scenario be that your leaders, after having taken a fair and courageous stand in the meting with the Lubicon reversed it as they started to appreciate the real consequences in terms of possible delays and other costs to the company? It is our understanding that since that meeting Daishowa has made several claims about the nature of that agreement, and only relatively recently has Daishowa started denying that there was any agreement at all. Your letter appears to be part of a public relations campaign designed to re-write history in your favor and against the Lubicons' stated position on this issue. You go on to deplore the fact that Lubicon support groups have been successfully mounting opposition to your company through boycotts and other actions and you deplore the fact that our Commission has not condemned such activities. Again, are you not a bit late to lodge such a protest with us? I'm convinced that the best way to remove this irritant would be to state in writing, publicly and unequivocally, that the company will under no circumstances engage in logging, or cause or allow others to engage in logging in its behalf, in the area claimed by the Lubicon people as their ancestral territory, until the Lubicon land claims have been resolved to the satisfaction of the Lubicon Nation. My understanding is that, if such an undertaking were made, the boycott of Daishowa products would be called off immediately, and I for one, would urge those engaged in the boycott to abandon it. Sincerely yours, Jacques Johnson, OMI, Co-Chair * * * * * Attachment #5: "DAISHOWA FACT BOOK" May 27, 1993, Cover letter from T.R. Cochran, Director, Corporate Development Thank you for your telephone call regarding the Friends of the Lubicon. As I mentioned, we want to help our customers as much as possible to understand what is going on with this group. We know that it is very un- nerving to be threatened in this way, especially in the case where you and we are both innocent victims of something that can only be resolved by the Federal Government. As promised, I am sending you a couple of copies of a brochure prepared by Daishowa-Marubeni (the company that has the mill in northern Alberta) which attempts to explain the background to this situation. Please do not hesitate to call if you or any of your colleagues wish to discuss this further. If need be, I am also available to meet with you personally if you think that might be useful. Yours very truly, T.R. Cochran -------------------------------------- FACT BOOK DAISHOWA BOYCOTT CONTENTS 1. Introduction/Background 2. Daishowa-Marubeni's Position 3. Questions and Answers ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/MATERIALS 4. Daishowa Customer Contact 5. Sample Boycott Letters 6. Sample New Release/Public Statement --------------------------------------------- 1. INTRODUCTION/BACKGROUND A Toronto-based native rights organization called "Friends of the Lubicon" initiated a national boycott of Daishowa consumer products on the grounds that the Peace River pulp mill and forestry operations in northern Alberta threaten the lives and well-being of the local Lubicon Lake Indian Band. Similar organizations have also been formed in Edmonton and Calgary that mimic this approach. Daishowa has been targeted for this boycott action because Daishowa- Marubeni International Ltd.'s Forest Management Agreement with the Alberta Government covers territory over which the Lubicon Band claim jurisdiction, in their ongoing dispute with the Federal Government. The boycott action usually takes the form, initially, of a letter (see item 5) addressed to the principal of a retail business, requesting that they cease using Daishowa products -- bags or packages -- to support the case of the Lubicon Band against the Federal Government. If the business refuses to comply, the letter continues, the general public will be asked to withdraw their patronage. These letters also indicate that copies, naming the retail business, are being sent to a wide range of provincial and federal government officials (the Prime Minister, Minister of Indian and Northern Affairs, provincial premiers, etc.) -- a step which is calculated to cause considerable concern to the average retail business. These businesses will also be identified on an international, environmental, computerized bulletin board. It is important to Daishowa-Marubeni that any customer who receives such threats clearly understand the situation, the facts, and the issues involved before they respond to such correspondence. This briefing package provides that information. ------------------------------------------------------ 2. DAISHOWA-MARUBENI'S POSITION In summary, Daishowa-Marubeni's position is that this boycott is unjustified, because: 1. Daishowa-Marubeni's Peace River operations are in no way harming the Lubicon people, 2. Daishowa-Marubeni has asked the federal and provincial governments to give the Lubicon land claim the highest priority. Because Daishowa-Marubeni is completely confident that the boycott is unjustified, the company urges: any customer that receives such correspondence, or any other form of boycott threat, should contact Daishowa-Marubeni at the address provided in this document (see item 4). Daishowa-Marubeni will then provide any public/media information, legal advice, and spokespersons required to support any customer experiencing boycott pressure. ---------------------------------------------------- 3. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Q. Is Daishowa-Marubeni cutting or using forest resources from anywhere within the Lubicon area of concern? A. No. Daishowa-Marubeni does not harvest or utilize any logs or residual woodchips obtained from the Lubicon area of concern to support its Peace River pulp mill operations. In the past, a small owner operator sawmill, which became a subsidiary of Daishowa- Marubeni (Brewster), traditionally harvested trees for 15 years without incident, from an area recently defined by the Lubicons as their area of concern. The Lubicon people objected to this practice after Daishowa-Marubeni's acquisition, therefore alternate sources of timber have been found for this sawmill. Q. Has Daishowa failed to honour a pledge given to the Lubicons not to cut or use forest resources from the Lubicon area of concern until the land claim issue is settled with the Federal Government? A. No, although there is a difference of opinion on this question. Daishowa believes it has honoured its commitment not to harvest on the proposed Lubicon "Reserve Area", and to consult with the Lubicons prior to harvesting near the reserve area. This is the area that the Lubicons negotiated with the Alberta Government. In any case, neither Daishowa-Marubeni nor its subsidiary (Brewster) or contractors are currently harvesting or purchasing timber from the area of concern to the Lubicons. Q. Has Daishowa-Marubeni agreed not to cut or use forest resources from the Lubicon area of concern until the Lubicon land claim has been settled with the federal and provincial governments? A. No. To agree not to cut, for an indefinite time -- could mean the closure of the Brewster sawmill if alternative harvesting sources are unavailable. Daishowa-Marubeni does not believe the Lubicon people or their supporters wish to threaten the jobs of the Brewster sawmill workers, who had traditionally used a small quantity of logs from the disputed Lubicon area of concern for 15 years without incident. Q. Is Daishowa-Marubeni (or its subsidiaries or contractors) practising harmful and unrestricted clearcut logging? A. No. Daishowa-Marubeni uses a two pass harvesting system, whereby we "patch cut" less than 1% (5,000-6,000 hectares) per year of our productive forest area in about 150 scattered blocks which average about 40 hectares each in size. Patch cutting in this way, combined with other forest management techniques helps protect wildlife habitat and ensures as much diversity as occurs through natural events such as forest fires. Q. Does the Daishowa-Marubeni Peace River pulp mill utilize advanced protection technology to meet environmental standards? A. Yes. Our pulp mill uses advanced process technologies that reduce the amount of chlorine bleaching required. These systems, combined with modern effluent treatment equipment and processes, ensure that the water and air resources are protected. Daishowa-Marubeni operates well within very strict licenced limits for major effluent quality parameters, including biological oxygen demand, total suspended solids, and absorbable organochlorides. Q. Does Daishowa-Marubeni replace what it cuts down? A. Yes. All areas logged by Daishowa-Marubeni in Alberta are reforested and must meet strict Alberta Government "free-to-grow" standards. Q. Is the forest ecosystem in northern Alberta threatened by Daishowa- Marubeni management practices? A. No. On the contrary, Daishowa-Marubeni is managing the forest resources on a sustained yield basis through a well planned harvesting and reforestation process, incorporating public input, which parallels the natural cycle of burning and renewal. (80% of the northern Alberta forest has had a forest fire in the last 80 years.) Q. Do any Daishowa paper bag or cardboard products contain fibre from the area of concern to the Lubicons? A. No. All Daishowa paper bags and cardboard products are manufactured using other sources of commercially available fibre. In fact, no Daishowa products of any type contain fibre from the area of concern to the Lubicons. Q. Is Daishowa-Marubeni cutting or using timber from the Wood Buffalo National Park? A. No. Daishowa-Marubeni does not have a logging lease in the Park, or manage a logging operation there. --------------------------------------------------- 4. CUSTOMER CONTACT Daishowa-Marubeni International Ltd. Mr. Tom Hamaoka Executive Vice President Daishowa-Marubeni International Ltd. Suite 3500 - Park Place 666 Burrard Street Vancouver, B.C. V6C 2X8 Phone: (604) 684-4326 Fax: (604) 681-8659 -------------------------------------------------- 5. SAMPLE BOYCOTT LETTERS COMMITTEE AGAINST RACISM P.O. Box 3085, Station B Calgary, Alberta T2N 4L6 (403) 282-6845 January 11, 1992 BOYCOTT OF DAISHOWA PRODUCTS Your business has been identified as presently using paper products manufactured by the Japanese pulp & paper company Daishowa. We have enclosed an article from the TORONTO GLOBE & MAIL, of Friday, December 27, 1991, as a summary of where things stand for the Lubicons at the end of 1991, a letter to Mr. Tom Hamaoka, Vice-President, Daishowa Canada, and a Media Release which shows Daishowa's role in the impending destruction of the traditional Lubicon Indian society by trying to break an agreement struck between Daishowa and the Lubicons in March of 1988. Based on the information contained in the enclosed material we request that you stop using Daishowa products. This letter also serves as a notice to you that a boycott of your company, including a series of rotating information pickets, will be initiated unless we receive from you written confirmation, by January 24, 1992, of your intention to stop using Daishowa paper products. We are looking forward to hearing from you. Sincerely, Roland Leitner, on behalf of a coalition consisting of: Calgary Labour Council, Calgary Rainforest Action Group, Committee Against Racism, Northern Light and the Plains Indian Cultural Survival School cc: Lubicon Lake Indian Nation, Ovide Mercredi, Regena Crowchild, Brian Mulroney, Audrey McLaughlin, Jean Chretien, Don Getty, Ray Martin, Laurence Decore, Tom Hamaoka, Takashi Saito, Daishowa Japan ---------------------------------------------------- DAISHOWA BOYCOTT COALITION CALGARY, ALBERTA 27 March 1992 LETTER TO PAPER USERS AND VENDORS, RE: BOYCOTT OF DAISHOWA PRODUCTS This letter is being sent to consumers and businesses that use and/or distribute paper products, cardboard or wood chips. Its purpose is to ask that your organization or business join the boycott of paper and wood chip products made by the Daishowa corporate group and its subsidiaries. This boycott is international in scope and has the following objectives: - (1) to force Daishowa Canada Ltd. to honour its 1988 pledge not to conduct timber cutting operations on lands in northern Alberta that are the subject of the on-going land claims dispute between the Lubicon Lake Indian Nation and the Canadian federal and Alberta provincial governments. - and (2) to pressure Daishowa Canada Ltd. and the Alberta government to change the terms of the current Forest Management Agreement between them, so as to ensure the survival of the present forest ecosystem. Please ask your paper product or wood chip supplier to identify the producer of the products you use or sell. If the name of the producer is Daishowa Canada Ltd., Daishowa Forest Products, or any other member of the Daishowa corporate group please refuse to purchase or stock any more Daishowa products. Please make your reason for doing so clear to the supplier. Your participation in this boycott will support the cause of the Lubicon Lake Indian Nation in their struggle with the giant multinational Daishowa group. Your participation will show industry and government that moral and environmental concerns cannot be ignored when agreements are made. Good corporate citizenship is a must in the modern world, and this includes the need for consumers and business to demand ethical behaviour in resource development. The boycott of Daishowa paper and wood chip products is sponsored by a coalition of citizens' groups consisting of the Committee Against Racism and Northern Light. We request that you contact us at the address and/or telephone number listed at the head of this letter so that we may know if you are joining the boycott. Sincerely, Stuart J. Baldwin, Boycott Co-ordinator cc: Lubicon Lake Indian Nation, Ovide Mercredi, Brian Mulroney, Audrey McLaughlin, Jean Chretien, Don Getty, Ray Martin, Laurence Decore, Thomas Hamaoka, Daishowa, Takashi Saito, Daishowa ---------------------------------------------------- 6. ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY Daishowa-Marubeni International Ltd. knows that our employees and the natural environment are our greatest assets. The safe, cost effective, and environmentally responsible production of high quality wood products for the world market is our primary goal. In order to achieve this goal, Daishowa-Marubeni International Ltd. is committed to safeguarding the environment. We protect the quality of air, water, and forest resources by meeting or exceeding local, provincial, and federal regulatory requirements. We practice sustained yield forestry and follow the principle of multiple use of the forest resources entrusted to our stewardship. We value public input and we promote environmental awareness in our organization and in our communities. Thomas Hamaoka, Executive Vice President, Daishowa-Marubeni International Ltd. * * * * * Attachment #6: RESOLUTION PASSED, July 29, 1993, at the XIV ANNUAL CHIEFS ASSEMBLY at TSUU T'INA FIRST NATION, Resolution No. 37/93 WHEREAS an independent, broadly-based citizen's commission, called the Lubicon Settlement Commission of Review has reviewed and assessed both Lubicon and Canadian Government proposals for settling Lubicon land rights; and WHEREAS the Chief of the Lubicon First Nation has indicated publicly and to the Chiefs of the First Nations of Canada that the Lubicon people accept and are prepared to work with the findings and recommendations of the Lubicon Settlement Commission of Review; and WHEREAS the Commission has found that the Canadian Government has not negotiated in good faith but that the Lubicon people have; and WHEREAS the Commission has found that Lubicon settlement proposals are reasonable and would provide the Lubicons with the means to once again achieve economic self-sufficiency while Canadian Government proposals aren't reasonable and would not provide the Lubicons with the means to once again achieve economic self-sufficiency; and WHEREAS the Commission has therefore recommended that the Canadian Government agree to settle Lubicon land rights along the lines proposed by the Lubicons, or, alternatively, to refer any items in dispute to an independent three person tribunal consisting of one person selected by the Lubicons, one person selected by the Canadian Government and a third person selected by the first two; and WHEREAS the Commission has also recommended that the decisions of such an independent three person tribunal be binding upon both the Lubicon First Nation and the Government of Canada and not be appealable to the Canadian Courts; and WHEREAS the Commission has also recommended that any resource royalties derived from Lubicon lands prior to settlement of Lubicon land rights be held in trust and that there be no more resource exploitation permits or licenses issued by the Alberta Government in the unceded Lubicon territory until the issue of Lubicon land rights is resolved to the satisfaction of both the Lubicon First Nation and the Government of Canada; and WHEREAS the Commission has also recommended that extinguishment of the Aboriginal land rights of the Lubicon people not be a condition of settling Lubicon land rights; and WHEREAS the Chiefs of the First Nations agree with and support the findings and recommendations of the Lubicon Settlement Commission of Review; and THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT the Chiefs of the First Nations gathered in Annual Assembly at the Tsuu T'ina First Nation this 29th day of July, 1993, do hereby resolve to demand that the Governments of Canada and Alberta accept and implement the recommendations of the Lubicon Settlement Commission of Review, and, to this end: 1. undertake a public information campaign to educate our peoples and Canadians generally about the findings and recommendations of the Lubicon Settlement Commission of Review; and, 2. encourage our peoples and Canadians generally to support the recommendations of the Lubicon Settlement Commission of Review, including candidates for election in the up-coming federal election and the leaders of Canadian political parties; and, 3. insist that candidates for Parliament in the up-coming federal election and the leaders of Canadian political parties spell out in detail exactly how they propose to settle Lubicon land rights and end this long-standing injustice, especially if they are not prepared to support the recommendations of the Lubicon Settlement Commission of Review; and, 4. direct that the Assembly of First Nations Land Rights and Lobby Units assist the Lubicon Lake First Nation to lobby the federal government and all opposition parties to accept and implement the recommendations of the Lubicon Settlement Commission of Review. MOVER: Chief James Ahnassay Dene Tha' Tribal Band SECONDER: Grand Chief Joe Norton Mohawk Council of Kahnawake