British Columbia Treaty Process

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public policy process treaty negotiation framework

The British Columbia Treaty Process is a negotiation framework established to resolve outstanding land claims and define modern treaty relationships between First Nations, the provincial government, and the federal government in British Columbia.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
British Columbia treaty process	4
BC Treaty Process	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	public policy process ⓘ treaty negotiation framework ⓘ
addresses	cash and land components of settlements ⓘ certainty over land and resource tenure ⓘ environmental co-management ⓘ fisheries rights ⓘ jurisdictional powers of First Nations governments ⓘ overlapping territorial claims between First Nations ⓘ wildlife harvesting rights ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	British Columbia NERFINISHED ⓘ
coordinatedBy	BC Treaty Commission NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	Canada ⓘ
criticizedFor	high negotiation costs ⓘ loan-based funding for First Nations negotiations ⓘ slow pace of negotiations ⓘ
established	1990s ⓘ
establishedBy	First Nations Summit NERFINISHED ⓘ Government of British Columbia NERFINISHED ⓘ Government of Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ
focusesOn	comprehensive land claims ⓘ cultural and heritage protection ⓘ fiscal relations between governments and First Nations ⓘ governance powers of First Nations ⓘ resource management and harvesting rights ⓘ self-government arrangements ⓘ
geographicScope	unceded territories in British Columbia ⓘ
hasParticipant	First Nations Summit NERFINISHED ⓘ Government of British Columbia NERFINISHED ⓘ Government of Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ
includesStage	agreement in principle ⓘ final agreement ⓘ framework agreement ⓘ implementation of treaty ⓘ readiness to negotiate ⓘ statement of intent to negotiate ⓘ
involves	First Nations in British Columbia NERFINISHED ⓘ First Nations negotiating teams ⓘ Government of British Columbia NERFINISHED ⓘ Government of Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ federal negotiators ⓘ provincial negotiators ⓘ
legalBasis	Constitution Act, 1982 section 35 NERFINISHED ⓘ
purpose	define land ownership and resource rights ⓘ negotiate modern treaties with First Nations in British Columbia ⓘ provide legal certainty over Crown land and resources ⓘ reconcile pre-existing Aboriginal rights with Crown sovereignty ⓘ resolve outstanding land claims in British Columbia ⓘ
relatedTo	Aboriginal rights in Canada ⓘ modern treaty process in Canada ⓘ self-government agreements in Canada ⓘ
typeOfAgreement	modern treaty ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Musqueam people → treatyProcess → British Columbia Treaty Process ⓘ

Tsawwassen First Nation → treatyProcess → British Columbia Treaty Process ⓘ

this entity surface form: BC Treaty Process

Semiahmoo First Nation → isPartOfTreatyProcess → British Columbia Treaty Process ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Columbia treaty process

Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc → isPartOfTreatyProcess → British Columbia Treaty Process ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Columbia treaty process

Gitxsan Treaty Society → usesLegalFramework → British Columbia Treaty Process ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Columbia treaty process

Gitwangak → isPartOfTreatyProcess → British Columbia Treaty Process ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Columbia treaty process