A new map for BC<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

In the case of Tsilhqot’in<\/span> First Nation<\/a>, <\/span>the Supreme Court of Canada recently decided that aboriginal title<\/a> never got extinguished. And Premier Clark recently declared that the treaty process is not working–part of her reasoning for cancelling the appointment<\/a> of the province’s treaty commissioner. <\/span><\/p>\n

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Perhaps it is not working because most of BC has returned to First Nations title?<\/strong> <\/span><\/p>\n

Perhaps the hard truth is that the British Columbia has legally shrunk to a handful of treaty lands covering less than 1\/3 of the land area?<\/span><\/p>\n

Perhaps the new reality is that First Nations do not have to participate in treaties any more? <\/span><\/p>\n

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Should First Nations establish a new Province?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Perhaps First Nations could in fact create a new Province of the Peoples of the Coast (black outline), with a capital and legislature where First Nations people want it — Prince George? Kamloops? Prince Rupert? Or an entirely new, planned, capital city? And a provincial regime that assets the constitutional rights of the landowners? A capital where foreign embassies for other Provinces, the federal government, Province of BC treaty nations (red) and other States could locate? <\/span><\/p>\n

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Should Lower BC become a Megacity-sized Province?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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We have a funny situation. Most of BC has nothing in common with the metropolitan area on its lower big toe. But that ‘big toe’ governs everything. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

In the face of the Supreme Court decision, is that equitable<\/span><\/span>? <\/strong>In the face of that decision, after the horror of the residential schools, isn’t the right thing self-governance under the United Nations Charter? <\/strong><\/span>
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