Rights and Title Legislation Will Have More Review

Saturday, March 14, 2009 12:54 PM

VICTORIA - Premier Gordon Campbell, Minister of Aboriginal Relations and Reconciliation Michael de Jong and the First Nations Leadership Council:Regional Chief Shawn Atleo of the BC Assembly of First Nations; Grand
Chief Stewart Phillip, President of the Union of BC Indian Chiefs; andGrand Chief Ed John of the First Nations Summit have made the following statement regarding the status of the Recognition and
Reconciliation Act:

"Over the past several weeks many important issues, concerns and questions have been raised about the Discussion Paper for Implementing the New Relationship and the concept of a new Recognition and
Reconciliation Act.

"This is the time for us to make this important and historic transition in our government to government relationship and we need to take the time to make sure we get this right.

"As the parties to the discussion paper, together we need to take the time for consultation and further discussions before tabling this bill."

The Premier and Minister de Jong will continue to engage with the business community on this important initiative.

The statement follows concern raised about the impact rights and title will have on natural resource projects which are already facing significant reviews by Provincial and Federal authorities. There are concerns the new legislation would give First Nations the power to veto any project.

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Posted by: Harbinger on March 14 2009 4:34 PM

More review? I should think so!

Posted by: camoose on March 14 2009 10:13 PM

Could have been a contentious issue in the upcoming election and my business buds didn't like it , so lets put it on the back burner.

Posted by: Andyfreeze on March 15 2009 4:04 PM

It should be put on the back burner until B.C.taxpayers are brought up to speed on it.
And why has that not already been done?
What would this bill do to future logging and mining in northern B.C.?
Something wrong with this one and the way the government has kept it so quiet.

Posted by: dogs on March 15 2009 9:37 PM

Northern BC would have been a Ghost Town- perhaps a future tourist attraction (although that might be also be Vetoed), I can not believe the hast the Liberals tried on this one. Unforunately they have know lost my Vote for good. This Government is competely out of control. PS still will not support the NDP or Greens.

Posted by: caranmacil on March 16 2009 9:40 AM

I want to know what happened to the process which was supposed to finally be bearing fruit (a la Nass)? Given that mining and logging AND natives were all doing great business here when prices were high i dont see why there has to be a radical change. "Secure access to timber' is already there is the vast majority of the province. Perhaps 'freedom from the constraints of multiple use' would be more accurate.

Posted by: Eagleone on March 16 2009 12:20 PM

We are one people, and we should all live under one law. Anything less is simply unacceptable to this voter.

Race based rights is simply wrong on all moral and philosophical levels.

I support individual compensation not for past wrongs, but as a sign of faith towards a common future. Past considerations for land and cash yes, but not for any special rights that would be beyond that of any other municipal government.

Part of the problem is multinationals control our government, and they want to rape the land and its resources for short term profits, so any race based deal will be associated with all sorts of new master deals that violate all of our traditional Crown lands, but in this case only for the benefit of a small group of easily bought off peoples (band chiefs). This is not good for the 99.99% of British Columbian citizens that call this province home.

This needs to be settled.. so that ownership of this province is confirmed to be that of a democracy of its citizens, and not as a serfdom of corruptible Indian band chiefs as our corruptible duopoly party government will have it.