NDP tries to rush First Nations veto over BC development

A very important opinion piece written by renowned scholar Tom Flanagan, professor emeritus of political science at the University of Calgary and senior fellow of the Fraser Institute, concerning British Columbia’s plan to amend the Land Act and allow indigenous bands to acquire co-management rights over public lands composing 95% of the province can be found on the other side of the paywall.

Critics say this will amount to a First Nations veto over almost all future economic development because so many of the province’s main industries — forestry, mining, oil and gas, hydroelectricity, tourism and recreation — rely on the use of public land.