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In question period, members asked about a B.C. Supreme Court decision (Cowichan Tribes v. the Attorney General of Canada) declaring Aboriginal title over lands that include private property. Conservatives said the roughly 150 private landowners in the affected area are worried, that the appeal will take years, and that in the meantime realtors, banks and property values in Richmond, B.C. are being affected; they asked why the government did not protect private property rights and how it will resolve the uncertainty. The government said it disagreed with the ruling and has appealed it, noted that the New Brunswick Court of Appeal in the Wolastoqey case found Aboriginal title cannot be declared over private property, said it supported a private property owner’s participation in the case, and said provinces handle private property and it is excluded from federal land-claim negotiation mandates, while maintaining that both private property rights and work with Indigenous peoples can be protected.Written by AI from the debate. Updated .

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