A small First Nation on British Columbia’s Central Coast is taking the attorney general of Canada to court.
Heiltsuk Nation Chief Marilyn Slett, right, speaks as Hereditary Chief Wigvilhba Wakas Harvey Humchitt Sr. listens during a news conference, in Vancouver, B.C., Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2025. The Heiltsuk Nation has filed a lawsuit against the RCMP over what they say are failures by the RCMP to enforce Heiltsuk bylaws and portions of the Indian Act within the nation's territory in Bella Bella.
The Heiltsuk Tribal Council says in its lawsuit that the police are “emboldening drug dealers” and other wrongdoers to enter and stay on reserve lands by refusing to enforce its bylaws banning people engaged in dangerous activities. Slett says if a non-Indigenous municipality, landowner or business asks for enforcement of a property law, the RCMP takes action without question, but when an Indigenous government makes the same request, they are refused.
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