“Mr. Speaker, I have memories of being in high school in the early 1990s when the B.C. treaty process was opened up because of the many title cases that my colleague has talked about. Fellow students asked, “Are you coming for our house? Are you coming for our land?” We had to have leadership come say absolutely not, we will never do that; we want to work in co-operation and we want to live in harmony with each and every person who lives in and around our territory. The hon. parliamentary secretary has been involved in first nations politics for a very long time across this country. Has he ever once heard a first nations person, a chief or anybody, say they want private property rights?”
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Mr. Speaker, Claims · 118 wordstruthfully, when I go across this country, I hear chiefs and leaders talking about justice.They talk about the rights that they had, the title and the resources, and they just want their fair share.They are not asking for anything over and above what Canadians receive.They want to be part of a system.They want to be a part of growing.They have these rights, recognized by section 35 and often upheld in the courts, 1and when those rights are upheld, they often negotiate with our federal government to figure out how we implement those rights.It has happened for the Mi’kmaq in 1990 with the Marshall decision.2It happens in British Columbia with aboriginal title.Reasoning · 38 wordsThe government, the nations and the province find ways to create dialogue, get to the negotiation table and ensure that we are representing all rights in a situation where all parties are winning and no one loses out.
