Brian Giesbrecht – It is not hyperbole to say that unless this title uncertainty madness is stopped, it will tear this country apart.
In the astounding Cowichan Decision a judge has chosen to believe the same people who permitted the illegal building of what is probably the worst toxic garbage dump in Canada. The same people who allowed that ecological calamity to occur repeatedly claimed to be “stewards of the earth” and “guardians of the land”.
Both things can’t be true at the same time, yet the trial judge found the Cowichan claimants to be credible, while rejecting the evidence of two other First Nations with better reputations.
The case is being appealed, but at least one of the property owners, Montrose Properties, is refusing to endure the years of costly uncertainty that an appeal will entail.
Read the article at Western Standard: https://www.westernstandard.news/opinion/giesbrecht-the-cowichan-decision-threatens-not-just-private-property-but-crown-land-too/68995