Meaningful consultation equals good business in B.C.

VICTORIA - This past week, B.C. celebrated an agreement with the Kaska Dena Council in northwestern B.C. that will provide greater certainty about how resource development can proceed in more than 10 per cent of the province.

Agreement boosts economic certainty in the Northwest

VICTORIA – A new strategic engagement agreement with the Kaska Dena First Nations in northwestern B.C. provides greater certainty about how resource development can proceed in more than 10 per cent of the province.

Provincial laws to regulate on-reserve development projects

VICTORIA – Legislation introduced today will allow provincial laws and regulations to apply to major commercial and industrial projects on federal Indian Reserve Land for the first time, announced Aboriginal Relations and Reconciliation Minister Mary Polak.

Early transfer of treaty land stokes economic engine

SLIAMMON – The community of Tla’amin (Sliammon) Nation near Powell River celebrated a milestone in the treaty process today at an event marking the transfer of three parcels of land to Tla’amin Nation in advance of their treaty being implemented.

Helping Aboriginal non-profits improve human resources

VICTORIA – A new labour market partnership agreement between the Province and the BC Association of Aboriginal Friendship Centres will help address human resources challenges within Aboriginal non-profit agencies.