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Minister didn't sign N.B. home eviction order 32 years ago, Vautour says
At a news conference in
But Boudreau says that even though he was out of the country at the time, he authorized a judge to sign the order for him.
The expropriation in 1976 of about 10 Acadian villages to create what is now called
Vautour's home was bulldozed in 1976, but he returned less than two years later.
He has remained on park land ever since, despite confrontations with police.
Vautour, 79, believes there was a scheme to remove him from his property on
Vautour believes there should be an inquiry into the expropriation.
Former chief supports Vautour
Roger Augustine, a former chief of the Eel River Bar First Nation, said Vautour has his support.
"As far as the way he was treated and the way the family was treated, I got really interested and I got really curious as to how it will outcome," Augustine said on Wednesday. "I'll provide any assistance and I'll provide any connections that I have in this country."
Augustine added that the Mi'kmaq consider all provincial and national parks in Atlantic Canada as their land.
Vautour previously challenged the expropriation in court but it was ruled lawful.
Parks Canada now assembles real estate for national parks over many years, buying up parcels as they come on the market or when owners die.
The Canadian National Parks Act, given royal assent in 2000, states that Parks Canada can no longer acquire land through expropriation.
Bush disagrees with court's Guantanamo ruling
"The prices of gas are high and the American people don't like it and I can understand why they don't like it," Bush said.
"I said it's an interesting idea, I need to get home and study it," Bush said of the oil summit. "We'll send someone high-level here.
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