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In this episode, we are joined by social media influencer and environmental activist, to talk about the ongoing battle between the government and First Nations over access to Crown land in British Columbia. We discuss the controversial issue of the Jeffrey Lake Provincial Park, and how the government is trying to evict First Nations from their land.

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00:00:00.000 So I think if it wasn't for your social media presence, we wouldn't know about how wild some of this stuff is.
00:00:07.040 You've done a great job of cataloging it.
00:00:08.840 So can you just explain to the viewer, like, what is happening?
00:00:12.240 What is the rationale?
00:00:13.400 Why is this happening?
00:00:15.060 Thank you.
00:00:15.380 Yeah, 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.
00:00:27.500 uh this particular file and the way the provincial government is handling it is has been absolutely
00:00:34.860 disastrous it's causing huge uncertainty from private property to investment to just where we
00:00:40.760 stand as british columbians amongst one another and how we relate to one another so it's really
00:00:44.960 really troubling with with joffrey lakes obviously uh you've got two indigenous groups there who 1.00
00:00:50.560 claim title to the land that the park is on keep in mind claiming title is different than
00:00:56.140 than actually proving your title in court.
00:00:59.020 So right now it's provincial land, it's public land,
00:01:01.900 it's a provincial park that's loved by British Columbians,
00:01:04.460 and it's been shut down with the provincial government's endorsement, essentially.
00:01:09.960 It's an increasing number every year, 39 days in 2023.
00:01:14.660 It was 60 days last year, and now we're at 69 days.
00:01:18.080 So you can see where the trend is going.
00:01:19.920 Again, these are just two nations asserting title over one area.
00:01:23.220 There'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.
00:01:32.160 So 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.