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Originally Posted by First Lady
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Yeah so the legislation was reportably done at the request of some bands in BC, the fact remains that the people protesting the legislation don't want it as they fear it's an inroad to losing their lands. To me the part where they will have an easier time leasing their land, doesn't seem that much of a problem but they still don't want it. Part of the problem is that they don't trust their leaders to make good decisions as a lot of them seem to be crooked (had to edit that as my step son just got elected to his band council). True the band leaders will still need a majority vote to lease land, but with the band leaders having too much influence in directing the vote, it's something they don't want.
As for the waterways legislation, it's one more piece of legislation that controls commercial expansion of our waterways lost. Sure provincial and local governments (including First Nations) will now be given more powers to decide but I'd trust the federal government far more not to be bought off. Here's a case where the city (Vernon) is opposing a marina but the provincial government can override them. The way I understand it, now their is one less level of government for these commercial enterprises to go through.
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