Vaughn Palmer: Upbeat over shared values, but difficult work on UNDRIP still to come

Credit to Author: Gord Kurenoff| Date: Wed, 06 Nov 2019 01:25:08 +0000

VICTORIA — When Premier John Horgan and his cabinet gathered in Vancouver Tuesday for their annual summit with First Nations, they began by noting how they’d kept the promises made at last year’s session. At the November 2018 meeting, the New Democrats pledged to implement the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and […]

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First Nations gambling revenue law passes legislature

Credit to Author: Rob Shaw| Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2019 23:11:52 +0000

VICTORIA — A law that sets aside a share of B.C.’s lottery revenues for First Nations communities has passed at the legislature, but with lingering concerns that the structure to administer the money is inefficient. The bill, which directs seven per cent of the B.C. Lottery Corporation’s annual net income toward the province’s 203 First […]

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