Big Trout Lake Chief Demanding Action

The Chief of the KI First Nation in the Far North says the judge who sentenced him to jail should be removed from a land claims tribunal unveiled by Prime Minister Stephen Harper in 2007.
Donnie Morris says Justice Patrick Smith should not have his term on the Specific Claims Tribunal extended when it expires at the end of next month.
In 2008, Smith sentenced Morris, 4-band Councillors and one community member to six months in jail for their role in blockades aimed at stopping a junior exploration company from entering their territory.
Morris and the rest of the so-called KI-6 were released after spending 68 days in jail following an Ontario Court of Appeal ruling that found the sentence “too harsh.”