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Originally Posted by rubecube
Well that and the government vastly underestimated the consultation issue. There was no way FN groups were going to just sit back and allow a legal precedent to be set for "meaningful consultation," without trying to get as much as they can out of it, and I can't really blame them for that even if it sucks for everyone else.
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Maybe. Although, I think the federal government was to blame. I was a public affairs consultant back when these projects were first being proposed, and let me tell you, we knew the problems with being consultants designated by the Crown, but without having the authority of the Crown.
The Indigenous communities understood that right away too.