The deal provides $87.5 million over three years to the First Nations as a financial contribution to implement its processes.
Premier David Eby and Blueberry River First Nations Chief Judy Desjarlais were among dignitaries to unveil the final agreement in Prince George Wednesday that finalizes negotiations begun in October of 2021 with an interim agreement that put the brakes on new development in the First Nation’s Treaty lands. The exception was for projects that had already been approved.Start your day with a roundup of B.C.-focused news and opinion delivered straight to your inbox at 7 a.m., Monday to Friday.
The agreement includes transitional measures over the nest 18 months and permanent structures within three years to guide industrial development. And then the agreement establishes co-management measures for wildlife management and to begin restoration of existing industrial disturbances that have fractured habitat for species such as caribou, moose and grizzly bears.
Premier Eby said he believes “negotiation, rather than litigation, is the way forward for achieving reconciliation and strengthening vital government-to-government relationships.”
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