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A federal report recently obtained a Vancouver newspaper shows environmental problems exist on more than half the reserves in British Columbia.

The Indian Affairs document obtained the Vancouver Sun last month outlined about 500 pollution problems on 200 Indian reserves in B.C. including:

- Sewage disposal and industrial landfill problems on the Coquitlam Reserve that have tainted drinking water.

- A hospital waste dump site on the same reserve, the contents of which are not known.

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Ottawa has failed to live up to its responsibility to the Innu people of Labrador, a recent report the Canadian Human Rights Commission said.

The federal government has never accepted its constitutional obligations for the Innu as Aboriginals in Canada, said the report's author, University of Ottawa Dean of Common Law Donald McRae. As a result, the Innu have been forced to live at near subsistence levels and with few services.

The report found that:

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Ottawa has failed to live up to its responsibility to the Innu people of Labrador, a recent report the Canadian Human Rights Commission said.

The federal government has never accepted its constitutional obligations for the Innu as Aboriginals in Canada, said the report's author, University of Ottawa Dean of Common Law Donald McRae. As a result, the Innu have been forced to live at near subsistence levels and with few services.

The report found that:

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Ottawa has failed to live up to its responsibility to the Innu people of Labrador, a recent report the Canadian Human Rights Commission said.

The federal government has never accepted its constitutional obligations for the Innu as Aboriginals in Canada, said the report's author, University of Ottawa Dean of Common Law Donald McRae. As a result, the Innu have been forced to live at near subsistence levels and with few services.

The report found that:

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Ottawa has failed to live up to its responsibility to the Innu people of Labrador, a recent report the Canadian Human Rights Commission said.

The federal government has never accepted its constitutional obligations for the Innu as Aboriginals in Canada, said the report's author, University of Ottawa Dean of Common Law Donald McRae. As a result, the Innu have been forced to live at near subsistence levels and with few services.

The report found that:

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Ottawa has failed to live up to its responsibility to the Innu people of Labrador, a recent report the Canadian Human Rights Commission said.

The federal government has never accepted its constitutional obligations for the Innu as Aboriginals in Canada, said the report's author, University of Ottawa Dean of Common Law Donald McRae. As a result, the Innu have been forced to live at near subsistence levels and with few services.

The report found that:

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Ottawa has failed to live up to its responsibility to the Innu people of Labrador, a recent report the Canadian Human Rights Commission said.

The federal government has never accepted its constitutional obligations for the Innu as Aboriginals in Canada, said the report's author, University of Ottawa Dean of Common Law Donald McRae. As a result, the Innu have been forced to live at near subsistence levels and with few services.

The report found that:

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Ottawa has failed to live up to its responsibility to the Innu people of Labrador, a recent report the Canadian Human Rights Commission said.

The federal government has never accepted its constitutional obligations for the Innu as Aboriginals in Canada, said the report's author, University of Ottawa Dean of Common Law Donald McRae. As a result, the Innu have been forced to live at near subsistence levels and with few services.

The report found that:

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Ottawa has failed to live up to its responsibility to the Innu people of Labrador, a recent report the Canadian Human Rights Commission said.

The federal government has never accepted its constitutional obligations for the Innu as Aboriginals in Canada, said the report's author, University of Ottawa Dean of Common Law Donald McRae. As a result, the Innu have been forced to live at near subsistence levels and with few services.

The report found that:

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Ottawa has failed to live up to its responsibility to the Innu people of Labrador, a recent report the Canadian Human Rights Commission said.

The federal government has never accepted its constitutional obligations for the Innu as Aboriginals in Canada, said the report's author, University of Ottawa Dean of Common Law Donald McRae. As a result, the Innu have been forced to live at near subsistence levels and with few services.

The report found that: