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Musqueam chief issues warning
Last Updated Apr 4 2005 01:13 PM PDT
CBC News
http://vancouver.cbc.ca/regional/servlet/View?filename=bc_musqueam20050404
VANCOUVER - The Chief of the Musqueam Indian Band says the federal and
provincial governments need to make an attitude adjustment before a treaty can
be negotiated successfully.
Chief Ernie Campbell signed a framework agreement with governments on
Monday - setting out treaty negotiation guidelines for the Musqueam and
government representatives.
Chief Ernie Campbell (File photo)
The agreement has taken 12 years to reach, and represents the halfway
mark in the process.
Campbell blames the slow pace on several court disputes over sale of
Crown land claimed by the Musqueam.
"If you are selling land off, or transferring land and selling land in
Musqueam's traditional territory - that should be on the table, while we are
supposedly at the table talking about land," he says.
"When they are selling it off, that's not good faith negotiations. That
has to change."
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Campbell says land use is the key issue in the negotiations. And he notes
that more than 200 members of his band are waiting for housing, because there
is not enough land on which to build.
The Musqueam land is some of the most expensive property in Vancouver,
overlooking the Fraser River.
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Attorney General Geoff Plant acknowledges that negotiations have been
difficult, but says Monday's signing is an important milestone
The next step is an agreement-in-principle, which the Tsawwassen and
three other B.C. First Nations have already reached.
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