What does ARC stand for?

Cynthia Llewellyn, diocese of New Westminster, former member of the Primate's Fund committee and the Public Social Responsibility Unit, for twenty years secretary of the Aboriginal Rights Coalition.

His claims are backed by the Aboriginal Rights Coalition (ARC), a group of churches which includes the Catholic Church in Canada.

But that is how the Aboriginal Rights Coalition chose to show solidarity with our native neighbours, and that is why my friend and I wound up with dishtowels in our hands.

The 10 organizations, most of which were founded in the 1970s, include the Ecumenical Coalition for Economic Justice, which promotes economic equality in Canada and the Third World; the Aboriginal Rights Coalition, which focuses on land rights and resource development issues; and Ten Days for Global Justice, which is concerned with educating Canadians on Third World issues.

Calling the cultural, social and economic effects of the project "devastating to Aboriginal communities in the north," the Manitoba Aboriginal Rights Coalition - a branch of the Ottawa-based Aboriginal Rights Council - says it was asked to establish the inquiry by members of the Cross Lake First Nation (Pimicikamak Cree Nation).

The petition campaign is being co-ordinated by the church-based Aboriginal Rights Coalition and CEJI.

Former Grassy Narrows band councillor Mary Nelson was given credit by Dan Berman of the Aboriginal Rights Coalition in Ottawa for influencing the committee's decision with an eloquent presentation last November.