00:00:15.380Yeah, I think a lot of this fly is under the radar, and it really shouldn't, because I would argue this is probably the single biggest issue facing British Columbia in terms of its future, its cohesiveness, its prosperity.
00:00:27.500uh this particular file and the way the provincial government is handling it is has been absolutely
00:00:34.860disastrous it's causing huge uncertainty from private property to investment to just where we
00:00:40.760stand as british columbians amongst one another and how we relate to one another so it's really
00:00:44.960really troubling with with joffrey lakes obviously uh you've got two indigenous groups there who
00:00:50.560claim title to the land that the park is on keep in mind claiming title is different than
00:00:56.140than actually proving your title in court.
00:00:59.020So right now it's provincial land, it's public land,
00:01:01.900it's a provincial park that's loved by British Columbians,
00:01:04.460and it's been shut down with the provincial government's endorsement, essentially.
00:01:09.960It's an increasing number every year, 39 days in 2023.
00:01:14.660It was 60 days last year, and now we're at 69 days.
00:01:18.080So you can see where the trend is going.
00:01:19.920Again, these are just two nations asserting title over one area.
00:01:23.220There's 200 plus First Nations in BC and virtually the entirety of the province's landmass is claimed as traditional territory by one nation or another.
00:01:32.160So you can see why I'm kind of so troubled by where this could end up going in terms of accessing the landmass as a whole across British Columbia.