It is exceedingly foolish, especially in the light of the recent Supreme Court of Canada ruling in favour of First Nations title in the Tsilhqot’in and Xeni Gwet’in territory, which recognizes First Nations title and that there CANNOT be resource extraction nor other resource company use of land in First Nations territories without consultation with First Nations governments. scc-csc.gc.ca/factums-memoires/34986/FM010_Appellant_Roger-William.pdf What so many people do not understand is that there are almost no treaties in BC. Technically, and now to a limited legal extent, most of BC is recognized almost as occupied land, since it was moved into and developed by settlers from Europe with no agreements in place. The time has come when the decisions made in haste many years ago are now being called to account. It is time to settle this. There are only two choices. 1. Negotiate a settlement, the civilized way - or 2. Force a settlement using the might of the government that has been imposed on this land. The second one is not so civilized, but in the end would almost be better than this present mess when nobody seems to know what to do.
Posted on: Thu, 11 Sep 2014 19:30:30 +0000
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