{"id":446410,"date":"2021-02-26T19:03:42","date_gmt":"2021-02-27T00:03:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/?p=446410"},"modified":"2021-02-26T19:03:42","modified_gmt":"2021-02-27T00:03:42","slug":"memorandum-of-understanding-advances-tlowitsis-nation-canada-and-british-columbia-to-final-stage-of-treaty-negotiations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/memorandum-of-understanding-advances-tlowitsis-nation-canada-and-british-columbia-to-final-stage-of-treaty-negotiations\/","title":{"rendered":"Memorandum of Understanding advances Tlowitsis Nation, Canada and British Columbia to final stage of treaty negotiations"},"content":{"rendered":"
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MUSQUEAM, SQUAMISH AND TSLEIL-WAUTUTH, VANCOUVER, Feb. 26, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The BC Treaty Commission congratulates Tlowitsis Nation and the governments of Canada and British Columbia on the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signing, transitioning the negotiations table from Stage 4 to Stage 5 of the BC treaty negotiations framework.<\/p>\n

This MOU recognizes the Parties\u2019 shared vision to achieve and implement a tripartite treaty, and the Parties\u2019 commitment to establishing a new approach to Tlowitsis treaty negotiations in accordance with the key policies and legislation. This includes the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples <\/em>(UN Declaration), the Recognition and Reconciliation of Rights Policy for Treaty Negotiations in British Columbia<\/em>, and the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act<\/em>.<\/p>\n

\u201cBy signing this Memorandum of Understanding, the Parties affirm a shared vision of reconciliation and the recognition of Tlowitsis inherent rights and title, through treaty. There is no greater expression of sharing sovereignty than through a constitutionally protected treaty, and today the Parties are closer to their shared commitment and ongoing nation-to-nation relationship,\u201d says Chief Commissioner Celeste Haldane.<\/p>\n

Tlowitsis Nation has approximately 435 members, with traditional territory covering part of northeastern Vancouver Island and a part of the mainland, northwest of Sayward. In late 2017, as a result of extensive efforts by the Nation, Tlowitsis acquired additional lands for a new community, Nenagwas, in Campbell River.<\/p>\n

Chief Commissioner Haldane and Commissioner Angela Wesley joined the virtual celebration of the signing this afternoon.<\/p>\n

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