Indigenous representatives disappointed with ‘status quo’ B.C. budget – Times Colonist
Finance Minister Selina Robinson promised reconciliation would be woven throughout all government decision making.
She also announced new health and child-care initiatives for First Nations and established the Declaration Act Secretariat, designed to ensure provincial legislation is aligned with the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
But for some Indigenous leaders, the government’s promises fell short.
“I am disappointed in the commitments to reconciliation in this budget — I feel like it’s a status quo budget,” said Leslie Varley, executive director of the B.C. Association of Friendship Centres.
