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Originally Posted by Jimmy Stang
It sounds like (from the article anyway) that most (or all) of the land in question is already owned by the province and is currently leased as grazing land:
It sounds like the land was part of the agreement, but with no real guarantee of when or if it would ever be handed over. If this part can be clarified and guaranteed, this should be a piece of cake, right?   |
I think it was a "Don't trust the white man" sense of fear that some in the TTN stirred up last minute...recall the Chief as late as the Friday before the Monday vote endorsed the deal, but then it all went sideways. Because the province didn't have the land titles in hand ready to hand over the next day to the TTN, some obviously took this as another attempt by the white man to screw them over.
Well, land titles aren't scooped up and in place over night, esepcially when leases are involved and deals are made in principal. As the article says, leases end in November, and that was likely the plan if a deal was struck back then...that that particular land would be transferred over when those exprie.
Reading that article, sounds like it will get done. Nenshi basically said the 5 city options are all now pretty much useless, and I think the TTN has realized a couple things....First and foremost, they need more/better public access to that part of the SW in order to have future revenue through expansion (hotel, shopping, etc) near the Casino which wil undoubtely come as soon as possible. No way the city was going to provide any more infrastructure to aid that. Plus, if the city went ahead with a 37st expressway proposal, their only "public" access to the casino (without taking the Tsuu Tina only dirt road from Anderson)would be shut off, intentionally or otherwise during and probably after construction. Also, the small matter of a $275m payday, and receiving 5x the amount on land on the other side of the reserve that they gave up, still hanging out there, has them back.