Opinion: First Nations getting 10%, up from 5%. A chief suggests 50% would be a fairer number
The provincial payout will total $131 million this year, up from $59 million last year, said the announcement Wednesday by Forests Minister Katrine Conroy and Indigenous Relations Minister Murray Rankin.
“We felt that was a good initial commitment. In the coming time, we’ll talk about how we will work this into a permanent number.” “Today’s announcement will allow our leadership and administration team to fill gaps in numerous funding areas,” said Chief Nicole Rempel of the K’omoks First Nation on Vancouver Island.
“There is a limited partnership consisting of a gaming commission co-chaired by two Indigenous leaders,” explained the Indigenous relations minister. If the lower projection holds , than the payout to First Nations would equal about 12 per cent of the provincial total.The commitment to sharing forests revenues emerged from B.C.’s endorsement of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, adopted by unanimous vote in the legislature in November 2019.
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