British Columbia’s government was unaware of a deal made by the Canadian government with the Musqueam Indian Band that ‘recognizes’ its land rights in the Vancouver area.

The Canadian federal government signed three agreements with the Musqueam Indian Band acknowledging Aboriginal rights on a large swath of land that critics say in effect hands control of the entire city of Vancouver to the Band.

The agreements claimed Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada (CIRNAC) are a major step forward toward reconciliation and incremental implementation of Musqueam’s Aboriginal rights.

The Musqueam Indian Band says the agreement gives it a claim over the entire Vancouver area, including West Vancouver, North Vancouver, Burnaby, Coquitlam, Richmond, New Westminster, Delta, as well as Surrey, the University of British Columbia Endowment Lands, and the land Vancouver International Airport is on.

“Without a word to the nearly two million residents affected, the federal government has formally recognized Musqueam Aboriginal rights and title across Metro Vancouver,”    “told the people (of various ethnicities) who live in some parts of Richmond, B.C., that the money they paid for their own properties does not guarantee them the right to own and enjoy their own homes.”

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