Roy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - The Klahoose First Nation may be close to signing a treaty with the governments of British Columbia and Canada.
In an email to the Strathcona Regional District, dated April 26, Jessica Jamieson, from BC’s MInistry of Indigenous relations and Reconciliation, the Klahoose were to be provided with an offer of treaty land and cash this spring. This has been put on hold while the government works with the Klahoose to secure one or more private parcels for the benefit of the Klahoose community.
The email was included in the staff report for the June 16 SRD Board Meeting.
Neither the audio or minutes for that meeting have been released in time for this broadcast, but there was a motion to protest the province’s lack of respect for the SRD.
Campbell River Director Charlie Cornfield moved, and Regional Director Jim Abram seconded a motion that a letter be sent to Premier Horgan, Indigenous Relations and the Klahoose Nation.
They wish to remind the Ministry that “Under the Community Charter, the local government is considered a level of government and we expect respectful treatment.”
The written version of this story will be updated as more details become available.
