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2 months to comment on B.C. plan to give Crown land decision-making to First Nations

Proposed Land Act amendments are ‘critical next step,’ for B.C. says First Nations Leadership Council
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The Fraser River looking west over Chilliwack on Sept. 9, 2021. (Jenna Hauck/ Chilliwack Progress file)

Things are moving quickly with the B.C. government poised to amend the Land Act with the aim of sharing land-use decision-making with First Nations.

There was a two-month window left as of Jan. 31 for the public to weigh in on proposed legislative changes coming from the Ministry of Water, Land, Resource Stewardship.

“The Province wants to know your thoughts on sharing public land use decision-making,” according to the EngageBC page on the Land Act.

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Jennifer Feinberg

About the Author: Jennifer Feinberg

I have been a Chilliwack Progress reporter for 20+ years, covering the arts, city hall, as well as Indigenous, and climate change stories.
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