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Tom Barrett
Vancouver Sun
The province did not break off treaty talks with the Gitxsan Indians because of the coming election Aboriginal Affairs Minister John Cashore said Friday.
…Indians and opposition politicians have suggested the move shows the government is afraid to reach a potentially unpopular deal on the eve of a provincial election.
…Cashore said the province would consider returning to treaty talks with the Gitxsan if it gets a written promise that the band will not block roads. But Gitxsan chief negotiator Don Ryan said the minister knows he’s not going to get such a promise.
Ryan said he’s already given the province an undertaking that none of the Gitxsan who are directly involved in the talks will set up a roadblock.
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