Page 21 Contd from pg 20 quo is not an option The reconcilia tion process has stalled and that has to change In a November gathering of Mushkeg owuk T ribal Council leaders in T im mins Pirie reit erated what he said dur ing the campai gn I talked about the beauty of consultation and what that meant and what that could mean to advance the reconciliation objective Pirie says he sincerely believes that the fundamental outcome today would be far diferent if companies operating in the northeast and north west were dealing with the crown and First Nations as equal partners The challenge is everyone is mired in talks around IBA s Impac t Beneft Agreements MOU s Memorandums of Understanding the environment and other matters according to Pirie He says the pendulum needs to swing the other way In any situatio n where one party has a technical advantage over the other regarding a piece of land or prop erty and then makes an ofer on that property to the other party it will be legally disavowed because the courts recognize that one party had funda mental information that should have been shared with the other person states Pirie His deep grasp and passion for the topic is not lost on indigenou s leaders such as Mushkegowuk Council Grand Chief Jonathan Solomon Pictured LeftT immins Mayor George Pirie and Mushkegowuk Council Grand Chief Jonathan Solomon