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Gitxsan Treaty Office
NEWS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Thurs., Feb. 01, 1996
12 noon
Province walks from treaty table
Gitxsan Territories—Chief negotiator Mas Gak (Don Ryan) said the decision by B.C. today to pull out of treaty talks with the Gitxsan is “electioneering” at its worst…
…Mas Gak said the fundamental differences B.C. talks about is “precisely why we have treaty negotiations…”
…”You can look at the record of the main table meetings and see what we’ve faced. If there was any lack of progress the blame falls squarely in the lap of B.C. and Canada,” said Mas Gak. “As far as aboriginal rights are concerned, we never received answers to our questions on the provincial land selection position so the detailed discussion necessary to arrive at creative solutions was never able to take place at the negotiating table.”…
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