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This, dear readers, is the ULTIMATE in Get Woke, Go Broke!
It turns out that 95% of the entire province of British Columbia falls under these Aboriginal Title things. So now...the tribes are trying to grab entire towns!
First up: Kamloops, BC. Kamloops for those who don't know is a mountain bike and outdoorsy tourist town:
vancouver.citynews.ca - Independent mla calls transparency ndp aboriginal title claimsSimilar case in Kamloops
She points to an ongoing notice of a civil claim case by the Secwepemc Nation for Kamloops. She says the case seeks Aboriginal title over the entire city and other areas.
“There could be hundreds of similar claims that have been filed, but we don’t know because the government has so far refused to notify property owners,” Sturko said.
“They had the opportunity in the Cowichan case, and they are filled with excuses about why they didn’t do that. But the reality is, there was nothing legally preventing them from letting property owners know.”
Sturko says that property owners deserve to know if their land is affected.
“I think that what we are seeing is the public is waking up to the reality that there are multiple claims that have been filed against the province that assert Aboriginal title over areas of B.C. where not only crownland exists, but private property exists. This is adding a lot of uncertainty and anxiety.”The best part of all this is that the provincial government is being tight-lipped about what claims have been filed.
Popcorn level: 1970s-era full buttery goodness, the kind that made Dope1 throw up as a kid because it was so rich.
