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FEB 01 ’96 01:55PM MIN OF ABOR AFFAIRS
Province of British Columbia NEWS RELEASE
MINISTRY OF ABORIGINAL AFFAIRS
February 1, 1996
For Immediate Release
96:03
PROVINCE SUSPENDS TREATY NEGOTIATIONS WITH GITXSAN
Hazelton—The province is suspending treaty negotiations with the Gitxsan Treaty Office. Aboriginal Affairs Minister John Cashore cited fundamental differences between the province and the Gitxsan over aboriginal rights…
“Gitxsan Houses have erected road blocks in the past in direct contravention of the spirit and intent of the accord,” said Cashore. “The Gitxsan have not provided the province with any assurances that similar activities won’t be repeated in the future. To the contrary, they have called for ‘action on the land’. It is just such action and rhetoric which has lead the province to the inevitable conclusion that further negotiation is futile.”
Unless there is another adjournment, the Supreme Court of Canada is scheduled to gegin hearing preliminary matters relating to the Delgamuukw appeals on aboriginal rights in mid-March…
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