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First Nations

The B.C. Liberal Record

We've signed modern treaties with six B.C. First Nations - the first treaties ever completed under the B.C. Treaty Process.

Other major agreements reached with First Nations are providing economic and social opportunities.

Launched the $65-million Aboriginal Post-Secondary Education Strategy

We've signed over 150 forestry agreements providing First Nations with economic opportunities.

Aboriginal unemployment has dropped by a more than 30 per cent since 2001.

 

The NDP Record

The NDP government failed to sign a single treaty in 10 years of negotiations.

Carole James and the NDP refused to openly support the Tsawwassen First Nation treaty until after the First Nation had voted in favour of it.

Carole James and the NDP oppose community power projects that create First Nation jobs.

Carole James and the NDP called for a boycott of farmed salmon, which would eliminate jobs held by many First Nations people.

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