Former Labour Boss On Treaty Commission

Thursday, February 28, 2008 10:38 AM

Dave Haggard has accepted an order-in-council appointment as the provincial representative to the B.C. Treaty Commission.

Effective today, Haggard will serve a two-year term as one of four part-time commissioners, replacing outgoing commissioner Jack Weisgerber, who has served as the Province's representative since 2002.

Haggard is uniquely qualified for this appointment. He is known for developing progressive relationships within B.C.'s Aboriginal communities, having worked with a number of Vancouver Island First Nations, including the Maa-nulth First Nations.

As a long-time labour leader and forestry advocate, Haggard has a proven ability to facilitate negotiations with industry, labour, government and First Nations, and bring about effective solutions that accommodate a diversity of complex issues and interests. He was first elected in 1996 as national president of the Industrial, Wood and
Allied Workers of Canada, and has served as vice-president of the Canadian Labour Congress and the B.C. Federation of Labour.

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