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Offline Granny

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Re: BC v Wet'suet'en
« Reply #45 on: February 12, 2020, 04:47:19 pm »
uhhh... you contradict yourself across the above... and below... quotes! You are confused - yes?


There is no contradiction. The Crown has a duty to consult Aboriginal rights and title holders who care for the land on behalf of all Wet'suet'en Nation people.

The problem across Canada is that the Crown never consults with any Aboriginal groups regarding developments on their traditional territories. They just foist that duty onto industry, and are seldom held to account for their failure.

Wet'suet'en Nation Council refused to negotiate with CGL, and insisted on dealing with the BC Crown, as is appropriate.

First Nations are entitled to make deals with industry as they choose - cash for their reserve communities in return for their verbal  support for the project -  but they have limited authority to decide matters relevant to the entire traditional Wet'suet'en territory.

All are part of the discussions, all belong to the Wet'suet'en Nation, and the Chiefs and title holders  should have also been consulted by the Crown.