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Originally Posted by Vulcan
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Thanks for the link.
On the second part I think this is actually progress for Aboriginal Self Government. The current Indian Act requires the Minister of Aboriginal Affairs to approve any land sales. This has been a huge issue for the more progressive bands who likely support this part of the motion.
Bands should essentially be treated in the same manner as provinces and in that case their elected officials should be allowed to sell land and mineral rights to investors to develop their reserves. The current system creates bottlenecks and all kind of problems. Giving more power to reserves to control their own fate is a positive step. The corruption issue on the reserves needs to be handled as well but if elected officials are making bad decisions don't re-elect them.
So why you might see one group of native protesting that part of the bill you will have other groups, and groups I feel we want to encourage to be the model for the first nations in the future supporting the granting of simple land rights to reserves.