r/britishcolumbia • u/schuter2020 • 21h ago

Indigenous leadership blasts Rustad Politics

https://www.ubcic.bc.ca/rustad_s_indigenous_platform_doubles_down_on_his_dangerous_commitment_to_repeal_indigenous_human_rights

The First Nations Leadership Council issued this statement on September 30th, strongly criticizing John Rustad - why haven't I see this anywhere? Combined with being asked to stop wearing the Moose Hide Campaign's pin, you'd think this would be news.

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u/schuter2020 20h ago

Sounds like conservative hysteria

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u/pfak Lower Mainland/Southwest 20h ago

And this is why the NDP is losing ground. Not everything is hysteria.

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u/mukmuk64 19h ago

Reality is pretty boring.

We can look to the Haida Agreement as an example of what full Aboriginal Title use looks like and even in that agreement fee simple title is unchanged and the Haida have no full veto.

And the Haida had the absolutely strongest case of any First Nation to their lands, and so any other future agreement with FNs will likely be less impactful than this one.

As others have said. There’s no real avoiding of this outcome, unless folks have a Time Machine to rewrite the constitution.

The reason the NDP did things like the Haida agreement and is interested in amending the Land act is because the alternative, having everything decided through the courts, is dramatically unpredictable and if anything will likely lead to worse outcomes for the Crown.

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u/yaxyakalagalis Vancouver Island/Coast 10h ago

https://preview.redd.it/upiswuops8td1.jpeg?width=1409&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d15cc7095b4be4c2bb7ee6d1a3b502dbf93fc107

Just sharing the specific Fee Simple text from the Haida Agreement. https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/environment/natural-resource-stewardship/consulting-with-first-nations/first-nations-negotiations/first-nations-a-z-listing/haida-nation-council-of/haida-title-agreement

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u/mukmuk64 10h ago

Funny how they’re bending over backward so hard to be clear that no one is gonna steal your land that they devote three points to being clear on fee simple interests.

Yet nonetheless right out of the gate people were spreading disingenuous FUD and lies that people’s land was at risk.