Laurisa Dohm writes for Sitka Media:
The province is planning to transfer all the land in two provincial parks in treaty negotiations nearing their final stages with five Vancouver Island bands.
Land claims by each of these five bands have already been resolved via existing treaties. With Vancouver Island being one of the only parts of BC covered by historic agreements, the province’s decision to negotiate additional transfers is entirely voluntary.
So while the province assures the public that treaties and reconciliation agreements will provide certainty moving forward, it is simultaneously choosing to compensate claims which have already been settled for nearly two hundred years. Putting aside the question of why such claims have been re-opened, the agreements are especially concerning because they include land from provincial parks.
Read the full article on Sitka here: https://www.sitkamedia.ca/dohm-provincial-parks-should-be-off-the-table-in-reconciliation-agreements