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The Turner Files: The political gaslighting over treaty negotiations
The province says the talks follow a legal framework and are not a secret land list, while Conservatives call the negotiations a giveaway.
- Official Opposition Critic Scott McInnis claimed the NDP "will do anything to keep its reconciliation plans quiet" regarding the Foundation Agreement, as Conservatives attack the government over Tahltan land negotiations.
- Negotiated agreements have been the path every government has pursued for over three decades, Minister Spencer Chandra Herbert said, rejecting claims of a secret list as "inaccurate" and a "misrepresentation."
- The Public Accounts lists 334,643 acres of Crown land tied to treaty negotiations, plus about 23.7 million acres linked to Tahltan Nation talks proceeding under the Indigenous Peoples Act.
- Conservative Kerry-Lynne Findlay and Caroline Elliott demanded the Legislature be recalled to repeal the Indigenous Peoples Act, characterizing the land negotiations as a giveaway.
- UBC lecturer Stewart Prest warned that demonizing land claims creates polarization that would hinder the Conservatives if they had to govern and address these unresolved questions themselves.
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The Turner Files: The political gaslighting over treaty negotiations
What is a way to not sound racist while hoping no one notices that what you’re saying is couching racism? In the conservative world it is being done through demanding transparency, and fiscal and democratic accountability around treaty negotiations. Instead of racially chargedlanguage, this phrasing seeks to make racism palatable. The fear factor is stunning. Let me break it down for you. Here are some of the words being flung around by BC Conse…
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