As in the article mentioned, the First Nations are making declaration for setting up their tribal park, leading them to be in charge of these properties; therefore, everyone else who wants to use the land etc. will have to get the permission from the aboriginal people. However, with a rapid economic growth, many large industries have been taken advantage of the unsetting declaration from First Nations to benefit themselves. In the article, Dave Williams indicated that industry such as mining and logging will not be permitted in the tribal park. In my view, it’s due to the inefficiency and disruption to the environment.But at the same time, it might increase the natives’ employment rate because of the smaller-scaled activities.
Also, as what I thought in between First Nations and corporations, there is a “middle man” in its supply chain that is blocking the benefits that both companies and natives can get. That is the government. From BC government’s point of view on this issue, they “nicely” stated that they’d like to cooperate with the First Nations and improve the relationships. Since the relation is an external factor that affects its economy and they don’t want to lose these resources which help the government to earn more revenue. Instead of saying “not more litigation” in the news, the government should truly seek out a better business model, considering both sides to maximize their profits.
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