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The Importance of Owning Community Assets

“Islands tend to be prosperous, particularly when they have control over themselves.”

On March 28, 2011, New Dawn hosted a community meeting, “Hear and Be Heard”, to discussion the future development of the port of Sydney and the importance of public ownership of community assets.

Rankin MacSween, President/CEO of New Dawn told a crowd of more than three hundred people that, in order to be prosperous, the community must be in control of its most important assets, in this case the greenfield site.

With overwhelming community support, CBRM council voted unanimously to purchase the greenfield site on Sydney harbour for $6 million in 2012 and it continues to be a community-owned asset.

Posted June 22, 2012 by Ardelle Reynolds
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Eymu’ti’k Unama’ki

Eymu’ti’k Unama’ki, newte’jk l’uiknek te’sikl Mi’kmawe’l maqamikall mna’q iknmuetumittl. Ula maqamikew wiaqi-wikasik Wantaqo’tie’l aqq I’lamatultimkewe’l Ankukamkewe’l Mi’kmaq aqq Eleke’wuti kisa’matultisnik 1726ek.

We are in Unama’ki, one of the seven traditional and unceded ancestral territories of the people of Mi’kma’ki. This territory is covered by the Treaties of Peace and Friendship which the Mi’kmaq first signed with the British Crown in 1726.

Ketu’-keknuite’tmek aqq kepmite’tmek ula tela’matultimkip wjit maqamikew ta’n etekl mtmo’taqne’l. Ula tett, ula maqamikek, etl-lukutiek l’tunen aqq apoqntmnen apoqnmasimk aqq weliknamk Unama’ki.

We wish to recognize and honour this understanding of the lands on which we reside. It is from here, on these lands, that we work to create and support a culture of self-reliance and vibrancy.