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WV councillor says too little consultation on new reserve land development law tation to attend the tabling in the BC legislature, Booth said — an S TA F F R E P O RT E R invitation she accepted. West Vancouver council“From the Metro perspective and lor and member of Metro from the West Van perspective, Vancouver’s aboriginal relawe’re always reaching out to have tions committee says her district an opportunity to consult on legislawas caught off guard by the timing tion that directly impacts us,� Booth of new legislation tabled told The Outlook in in Victoria Thursday that a phone interview would apply provincial Thursday. “That’s laws to new developments something we all — on federal First Nations representing taxpayreserves. ers — want to have that Once enacted, the legopportunity, and that islation would mean two didn’t really happen.� major economic projects, B.C. Aboriginal including the Squamish Relations and Nation’s four-tower condo Squamish reserve Reconciliation Minister and commercial developMary Polak responded land at the Park ment planned next to West to the criticism Friday Royal shopping Vancouver’s Park Royal telling The Outlook that centre site. shopping centre would be discussions on the legsubject to B.C.’s building islation did not involve code and environmental regulations. West Vancouver because ultimately The other project to be put under the deal is between Ottawa, Victoria the purview of the province is a and the Squamish Nation. planned liquefied natural gas facility “The consultation primarily on Haisla reserve land near Kitimat. occurred between the province, Currently, reserve lands are subthe federal government and the ject only to federal laws under the Squamish because the act is an Indian Act. agreement between those parties,� But West Vancouver councillor Polak said in a phone interview. Mary-Ann Booth said the district “But there’s actually been quite was only given two days’ notice of extensive conversations about it,� the new legislation which she had she added, “albeit maybe some of initially thought was not going forward until the end of May. That continued, PAGE 5 notice came in the form of an inviTODD COYNE
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