New Brunswick's attorney general defends the government's decision to fight the Wolastoqey's big title claim in court, stating that Indigenous leaders need to 'leave private landholders alone.' The claim covers 60% of the province and has a value of over $40 billion.
New Brunswick's attorney general has made a spirited defence of the Progressive Conservative government's decision to fight the Wolastoqey's big title claim in court, saying Indigenous leaders need to “leave private landholders alone.”
https://www.saltwire.com/atlantic-canada/news/hundreds-of-thousands-at-risk-from-indigenous-claim-nb-premier-100886195/ Flemming said Wednesday that simply put, the six Wolastoqey chiefs who represent Indigenous communities that hug the St. John River and its tributaries want to replace Crown title with Aboriginal title, which could potentially give them authority over land use, expropriation, mineral rights and property taxes.
They pointed out that the judge in the case, Justice Kathryn Gregory of the Court of King’s Bench, had been very clear early on in the case: in December 2021, she directed that the matter not be litigated in the media following previous controversial comments by Flemming and the premier.
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