Aboriginal Rights and Title

Here is the information I posted on the Lasqueti email list December 2

Subject: [Lasqueti Email List] news release from Quw'utsun (Cowichan) Nation

Quw'utsun Nation responds to misleading and false information regarding Aboriginal title case

https://watershedsentinel.ca/article/the-quwutsun-judgement/

(It is also available at https://cowichantribes.com/tribes-governance/press-releases  but you have to page down a bit, as it's the second press release on that page, and will move down the list as they issue more.)

This is the first paragraph of the news release:

   Richmond Mayor Malcolm Brodie, Premier David Eby, and other
   politicians have recently made public statements about the Quw’utsun
   (Cowichan) Nation’s Aboriginal title case and the effect of the BC
   Supreme Court’s judgement on individual private property owners.
   These statements are, at best, misleading, and at worst,
   deliberately inflammatory.

You can read the BC Supreme Court Reasons for Judgment at https://www.bccourts.ca/jdb-txt/sc/25/14/2025BCSC1490.htm

Today (Dec 5) I learned about another site with a well-written and well-documented explanation of the history, legal precedents and ways that our governments can and should respond to the situation. It's titled Setting the Record Straight on the Cowichan Title Decision.  I recommend that everybody who's interested read it.

https://khelsilem.substack.com/p/setting-the-record-straight-on-the

Dec 7 - Two additional sites, with slightly different points of view, worth reading:

https://adampolsen.substack.com/p/indigenous-relations-letting-go-of?r=3...

https://www.firstpeopleslaw.com/public-education/blog/correcting-misconc...