Uncertainty surrounds rights and title decision – Williams Lake Tribune

Feb 24, 2015

Uncertainty was one thing participants at a recent public meeting said they had in common surrounding the 2014 Tsilhqot’in Rights and Title decision.

B.C.’s Minister of Aboriginal Relations and Reconciliation John Rustad said Friday he understood how everyone felt but admitted the government doesn’t know yet how the case will unfold for non-First Nations living and working in the 1,900 square kilometre title area.

Rustad was speaking in Williams Lake at a meeting that attracted around 60 ranchers, guide outfitters, tourism operators, local government politicians and the Chamber of Commerce.

“If it was just straight common law, it would be theirs,” Rustad said. “But right now we, and they, are trying to figure out how we work together with all the existing tenures so that you can still carry on with all that you are doing.”

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