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"We got 'er done," Efford told reporters afterward. "Free enterprise for every species."

apatheticman posted:

Syfe posted:

I feel like not speaking ill of the dead is a societal sickness. It's just bad to pretend it was all good and well, he loved the country and all its people and made things better.

No.

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Agreement scope
If the agreement is approved, when it comes into effect, it would

* Recognize and affirm that Haida Nation has Aboriginal Title throughout all of Haida Gwaii
* Enable Haida Nation and B.C. to determine how the two governments’ laws work together to guide decisions about land and resources on Haida Gwaii
* Include a transition period where Haida Nation and the Province continue to use their existing shared decision-making bodies and processes, including the Solutions Table and Haida Gwaii Management Council, to make the necessary land and resource decisions
* Enable Haida Nation and the Province to negotiate subsequent agreements that provide clarity for managing the land base to ensure the sustainability of Haida Gwaii for all residents and the generations to come.

The draft agreement also provides that

* Private property – residential, commercial or industrial – would not be affected by the recognition of Haida Aboriginal Title. Privately owned land (fee simple property) would continue under provincial jurisdiction, and the recognition of Haida Aboriginal Title will not change any rights associated with them.
* Existing interests and approvals on Crown land on Haida Gwaii (e.g., permits, leases, park use permits, etc.) would continue through the transition period.
* Local government decision-making and administrative processes like business licences, building permits, zoning or taxation would continue
* Key infrastructure like airports, ferry terminal and highways, would continue to be operated and maintained by the Province
* Provincial and municipal services provided on Haida Gwaii, including health, education, transportation, fire and emergency services, would continue.

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This agreement, aimed at recognizing First Nations title over all lands on Haida Gwaii—including privately owned lands—signals a dramatic departure from constitutional frameworks and established jurisprudence.

Femtosecond posted:

Seems like this has received almost no attention at all but the BC government is apparently poised to settle with the Haida over their Aboriginal Title land claim over Haida Gwaii and is now doing consultations about the draft agreement.

Seems like nothing really changes for local residents or municipalities but leaseholders of crown land (eg. fishermen and loggers) could eventually be impacted in some form, presumably in now having to deal more directly with the Haida than the Province. Not really clear to me what happens to the big Provincial and Federal parks (is that "park use permits?").

This seems like a pretty loving big deal.

Now the BC NDP is supportive of the UN declaration on the rights of indigenous peoples, and supportive of BC First Nations, but even that being said I really do wonder if this would be happening in this way if the government was confident they would prevail in court. I could imagine the government's lawyers telling the government that they were really strongly likely to lose and they should really consider the potential outcomes of that. Presumably if this is the negotiated settlement, then if the government were to lose then they'd be risking some of the things they've retained here, things like existing crown land park use permits or even private land.

Any lawyers here that can weigh in?

run on sentience posted:

In case you didn't already think Winnipeg city councillor Russ Wyatt is a massive piece of poo poo, he's got a nice pro-genocide letter in the Free Press today:

https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/2024/03/28/letters-march-28-5

flakeloaf posted:

I thought we'd figured out that he hadn't killed all of those women, and that bikers were just using his farm as a place to dump bodies.

flakeloaf posted:

I thought we'd figured out that he hadn't killed all of those women, and that bikers were just using his farm as a place to dump bodies.

DynamicSloth posted:

Doesn't exactly clear Ockham's razor, the Hell's Angels had been to the farm sure but would they be exclusively killing sex workers from the Lower East Side?

run on sentience posted:

In case you didn't already think Winnipeg city councillor Russ Wyatt is a massive piece of poo poo, he's got a nice pro-genocide letter in the Free Press today:

https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/2024/03/28/letters-march-28-5

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Today Israel, and its right to exist as a nation, are under attack. And this makes no sense, as this hostility towards Israel originates from an unprovoked attack by Hamas against average people who were simply enjoying an outdoor music festival.

flakeloaf posted:

So the story went, these had been trafficking victims but that's a lot of moving parts when there's a guy who was arrested for doing the thing he said he wanted to do (the part I didn't know) is already in-play.

That's the problem with seeing bullshit coverups everywhere: you start questioning things that don't need questioning and you just join the list of people who sound really dumb

Fried Watermelon posted:

RCMP famously known for helping drug addicted communities

CBC posted:

The governments of India and Pakistan attempted to interfere in Canada's federal elections in 2019 and 2021, Canada's spy agency said in documents made public late Thursday night.

In 2021, the government of India had "intent to interfere and likely conducted clandestine activities," including using an Indian government proxy agent in Canada, according to an unclassified summary written by the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS).

Two years earlier, in 2019, "Government of Pakistan officials in Canada attempted to clandestinely influence Canadian federal politics with the aim of furthering the Government of Pakistan's interests in Canada," CSIS wrote.

The stark assessments are contained in documents that were tabled as part of the federal commission of inquiry into foreign interference. The public inquiry is examining possible meddling by China, India, Russia and others in the 2019 and 2021 federal elections.

Arbite posted:

India, Pakistan attempted to interfere in Canada's elections: CSIS

Well, aren't we the bell of the ball.

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The reports all bear notes of caution about the summaries being possibly uncorroborated, single-sourced or incomplete. CSIS Director David Vigneault told the public inquiry that intelligence is not necessarily fact, and said it may require further investigation.

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The document, went on to say that "none of the activities met the threshold to pursue criminal investigations."