The B.C. government’s secretive and exclusionary approach to “reconciliation” took a sordid turn recently, with the ministers of Indigenous relations and forests both caught in blatant and readily disprovable attempts to mislead the public. Meanwhile, British Columbians have yet again been left on the outside as huge tracts of land are signed away, one-sided “consultations” are held in secret and the public interest is ignored.

On Sept. 5, the B.C. Supreme Court issued an order granting Aboriginal title over the entirety of Haida Gwaii, including private property and all Crown land. The declaration was supported by the B.C. and federal governments.

While the Haida Nation have openly celebrated the monumental nature of the judicial order,Victoria and Ottawa have yet to issue any officia

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