BC Minister Rustad encourages industry, First Nations to 'build relationships'

摘要

British Columbia's Minister of Aboriginal Relations and Reconciliation John Rustad said at this year's Mineral Exploration Roundup in Vancouver that the provincial government is working with First Nation groups to better define their participation in resource development in the province. "Our constitution has a clause in it that says Aboriginal Peoples have rights, including title to the land," Rustad said. "But it didn't define what that means exactly. So over the years, courts have been coming down with some rulings and have given some definition to what this means."