Opinion: Unless the NDP does a lot more, I doubt this will be the last time the premier has to ride to the rescue of his own government on its dealings with First Nations.
VICTORIA — While Premier John Horgan deserves credit for intervening to rescue his caribou rescue plan, the NDP government’s clumsy handling of it damaged community relations in northeastern B.C.
“This has set the relationship back, in my mind, 20 to 40 years,” Lekstrom told host Shane Woodford on radio CHNL in Kamloops. “There’s things being said now that you wouldn’t have ever expected to hear. “That includes ‘dog whistle’ statements in social media posts that promote stereotypes or invite others to imagine that there are some concealed motives lurking behind these agreements.
Horgan, for his part, expressed regret things had gotten so far out of hand. He took the blame for excluding local government and community leaders for many months. But as Horgan himself admitted, the government put First Nations leaders in a vulnerable position by involving them in 18 months of closed negotiations, all the while swearing them to secrecy.
But not helping allay public suspicions was a rush-job round of consultations, a mere month in total, presided over by provincial officials.
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