WLM
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"Politicians should wear sponsor jackets like Nascar drivers, then we know who owns them" - Robin Williams
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Today's Vancouver Sun article about land disputes.
https://vancouversun.com/opinion/col...that-to-public
Here is a quote:
"Activist judges have no place in a democracy. This is 100% wrong and a travesty of monumental proportions. BC belongs to all of us. I’d like to see the First Nations provide a deed to all this property. Oral history is bunk. You can say whatever you like. And how are you supposed to reconcile disagreements between different bands ? Whose oral history are you supposed to believe ? In total, First Nations are claiming 110% of BC. The land claims industry has been making a fortune for lawyers and administrators over the last four decades. Enough of this nonsense"
My question is, will people be compensated who will be forced to leave their properties?
WLM
I have a very strict gun control policy: if there's a gun around, I want to be in control of it. - Clint Eastwood
"Lots of critters to still shoot. And there'll be no quitters until we bag some critters" - 180grainer
"Politicians should wear sponsor jackets like Nascar drivers, then we know who owns them" - Robin Williams
Flush the Turd!
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Woodward is a ****ing lawyer paid for by FN interests.
He is basically a spokeperson.
It may just be his mouth is writing cheques his ass can't cash.
But we will see.
1. Human over population
2. Government burden and overreach
From what I can tell many of these deals include provisions that stipulate that FN's are supposed to compensate land owners for confiscating their land, by using some of the lump sum funds the govt is awarding to these FN's. Whether or not that will come to fruition remains to be seen.
Man I'd sure hate to be a land owner on Nootka right now
"It is the first responsibility of every citizen to question authority." - Benjamin Franklin
"The further a society drifts from truth the more it will hate those who speak it" - George Orwell
WLM
I have a very strict gun control policy: if there's a gun around, I want to be in control of it. - Clint Eastwood
"Lots of critters to still shoot. And there'll be no quitters until we bag some critters" - 180grainer
"Politicians should wear sponsor jackets like Nascar drivers, then we know who owns them" - Robin Williams
Flush the Turd!
Located and residing on the unceded territory of European Settler's traditional land.
Click here to learn more 🖕
WLM
I have a very strict gun control policy: if there's a gun around, I want to be in control of it. - Clint Eastwood
"Lots of critters to still shoot. And there'll be no quitters until we bag some critters" - 180grainer
"Politicians should wear sponsor jackets like Nascar drivers, then we know who owns them" - Robin Williams
Flush the Turd!
Located and residing on the unceded territory of European Settler's traditional land.
Click here to learn more 🖕
Good question - would they simply go by current market values and refer to E-Value BC? And technically speaking you indeed would be getting compensated by the government because the government is dedicating a portion of the financial awards to FN's to specifically compensate land owners who will have their land confiscated (its government money that will be paying land owners - not FN's money)
"It is the first responsibility of every citizen to question authority." - Benjamin Franklin
"The further a society drifts from truth the more it will hate those who speak it" - George Orwell
Maybe Woodward isn't so much writing cheques as pointing out which cheques have already been cashed. He's using provocative language, but the Tsilhqot'in Nation Declared Title Lands decision is a fact that exists and has big implications. It was on BC government websites at least 2 years ago, I'm sure (and I referenced it here) that fee simple ownership and Indigenous title would have to be figured out. When I first read that I could not believe my eyes - I'm a realtor with over 3 decades in the business, so the concept of fee simple being pretty much inviolable was ingrained.
Guess what? It's not. Survey the web pages of law firms that work in this are and you'll quickly see that Indigenous title is often thought to be incompatible with fee simple title granted by the crown, and that fee simple is inferior to Indigenous title.
That has not been ruled on conclusively by Canadian courts, but it is up for grabs.
And like his opinion or not, Woodward is very knowledgeable in this area.
It's important to recognize that what most of us have always assumed to be a fact that won't change, that is, the concept of "Crown land" is very much up for grabs. In some circles the use of the term "Crown land" is simply unacceptable.
Don't shoot me - I'm just the messenger.
Rob Chipman
"The idea of wilderness needs no defense, it only needs defenders" - Ed Abbey
"Grown men do not need leaders" - also Ed Abbey
There's a bit of info on that
here:
https://www.wltribune.com/news/lodge...or-fair-price/
Rob Chipman
"The idea of wilderness needs no defense, it only needs defenders" - Ed Abbey
"Grown men do not need leaders" - also Ed Abbey