BC Land Grab is a land grab by the government of British Columbia, Canada, against First Nations people. This is the latest in a long line of land grabs by the Canadian government, and it's no surprise that First Nations are the ones to be targeted.
00:02:25.480Rob Shaw, BC court ruling, puts aboriginal title above private property rights.
00:02:31.180Now, I'm going to show a report from Global News on this because I think it's, puts it in perspective.
00:02:37.820But the government of British Columbia is actually appealing this.
00:02:42.160And people have been saying to me, well, why would the Premier David Eby, who is Mr. Reconciliation, he was in the same category as former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
00:03:22.200And there's absolutely no way a country can survive if private property, or can't survive as a democracy, if private property is not sacrosanct.
00:03:32.160So, we've got to move on from things that happened centuries ago.
00:03:38.100I said years ago, we need the abolition of the reserve system in this country.
00:04:05.100And I grew up on the west coast of British Columbia, where this is not in Richmond, where this is being felt, but on Vancouver Island.
00:04:14.880I had great friends who were First Nations people.
00:04:20.080I was very close to the vice president of the Native Council of Canada, Bill Wilson.
00:04:24.700And I always said, if any Native person who really wanted to succeed got off the reserve and looked like any other Canadian citizen, and that's what I still say, and who's going to benefit from this land title?
00:04:45.400If you think, why are people on reserves constantly suffering from malnutrition, alcohol abuse, some cases starvation, bad water?
00:04:56.400Because the chiefs soak up all the money, and they've always done that.
00:05:02.380And the average Native person on these reserves really never sees anything from the government largesse that pours out.
00:05:13.840And in many cases, I think of Ipperwash in Ontario paid the Native man three times for that property and then gave it back in the end anyway.
00:05:26.220So they had their cake and ate it too.
00:05:27.640And this is what's going to happen throughout British Columbia if this is not struck down, and it needs to be.
00:05:35.860This is a complete abrogation of property rights, basic freedoms in this country.
00:05:46.440Do you think anyone's going to want to move to British Columbia if their land can be taken away from some local First Nations man who says, hey, it's ours?
00:05:53.580I remember when I was in university, my journalism professor saying, do you realize Vancouver is claimed, but 110% of Vancouver is claimed by First Nations because of overlapping claims.
00:08:38.700And if this is any indication, how the legal system, how the judges are going to rule, how the courts are going to rule, they'll get whatever they want.
00:08:53.940Of their old grounds, now part of Richmond, determining land titles previously granted by governments, including private property, are, quote, defective and invalid.
00:09:05.740We're not here to fight against anyone.
00:09:10.440We're here to ensure that history is in its right place.
00:10:38.160On Monday, both the Cowichan and the provincial government expressed an interest to talk face-to-face.
00:10:43.860But experts say the province's deals with other First Nations complicate the issue.
00:10:48.320So, you look at the Haida Recognition Act, where they themselves voluntarily, outside of courts, overlaid aboriginal title on private land.
00:10:55.860Those two things are fundamentally irreconcilable.
00:10:59.540Conservative leader John Rustad says this ruling, even with an appeal, will already have a significant impact.
00:11:06.100These title cases, particularly now with private land, has put an incredible chill on British Columbia, on the ability to invest.
00:11:13.140With the legal cases continuing, the Cowichan tribes will now have to wait.
00:11:17.780Drawing this out after they, in their words, have waited more than 150 years due to government lawlessness.
00:11:29.400And Keith Baldry is here with more on this.
00:11:31.620Keith, it's a tough position for the provincial government to be in.
00:11:34.920What are the implications we're looking at here for the NDP?
00:11:37.180Yeah, it was apparent very quickly upon release of this judgment on Friday in conversations and texts with cabinet ministers, senior government officials.
00:11:47.120The NDP could not risk being seen as not taking on or opposing a judgment that so blurs the lines between aboriginal title and private property rights.
00:11:55.800So it was just a matter of time before the NDP was going to launch this appeal.
00:11:59.140We expected it today, as early as today, and it's certainly what happened.
00:12:02.020Attorney General Nikki Sharma says her legal team thinks there's a considerable number of grounds here to support an appeal.
00:12:08.640And she also says the government is still willing to sit down and negotiate some sort of settlement.
00:12:13.980Our team is working through what we think are quite a few grounds of appeal, potential grounds of appeal.
00:12:19.420It's not unlike many very complicated cases related to rights and title that make their way through many appeals and usually through to the highest courts of the land to help us all clarify legal issues that we need to have clarified by the courts.
00:12:37.420In the meantime, we are open to sitting down with nations in this province to make sure that we can come to agreement in a more certain way through our reconciliation work.
00:12:49.420So it's also not clear yet whether other parties will appeal this.
00:12:52.540Of course, the B.C. government was just one of six parties in this land claims fight.
00:12:56.980We also have the city of Richmond, the federal government, the Vancouver Port Authority, the Tawassan Indy Van, and the Musqueam Indy Van.
00:13:03.380And we talked to Chief Wayne Sparrow of the Musqueam on Friday.
00:15:31.740Now, let's revisit another incredible story.
00:15:36.740And I want to correct something I said the other day.
00:15:41.180Because Newfoundland is not exactly framing the don't go for a hike in the woods today legislation the way that New Brunswick and Nova Scotia are.
00:17:20.280Imprisonment in default of payment will increase from three days to up to six months.
00:17:25.040For a subsequent offense, fines will increase from $150 to $75,000.
00:17:31.500Imprisonment for not paying will increase from six days to up to six months.
00:17:35.400Where there's a summons issued, a first offense, fines will increase from $500 to $50,000 to $100,000 range.
00:17:45.400And imprisonment will increase from up to three months to up to one year.
00:17:49.680For a subsequent offense, fines increase from a minimum of $1,000 to $75,000 to $150,000.
00:17:57.400And imprisonment in default will be increased from up to three months from up to one year.
00:18:02.380However, it's very clear that these penalties for violating the regulations needed to be higher.
00:18:08.460And everyone needs to take this very seriously.
00:18:10.860And I think it's very clear that the size of the increases and the penalties, including imprisonment, that we mean business.
00:18:19.100And we want people to listen and take this seriously.
00:18:22.620Increasing fines is one tool we have in our toolbox to protect innocent Newfoundlanders and Labradorians, their families, and their communities.
00:18:38.000But as I warned earlier this week, some is untrue.
00:18:40.500So I want to continue to encourage people to get their information from official and trusted sources.
00:18:45.620Such as the government of Newfoundland and Labrador websites and social media, the Department of Fisheries, Forestry, and Agriculture, and Newfoundland and Labrador Health Services.
00:18:55.580And I also want to encourage people to follow Dr. Fitzgerald's advice when it comes to air quality.
00:19:00.540I hope folks become aware of that, look at it, and say, do I really want to have my family impacted by that through a $100,000 fine or six months in prison?
00:19:12.840My final comment, the Resource Enforcement Division of the Department of Fisheries and Oceans and Agriculture, Fisheries, Forestry, and Agriculture encourages those.
00:19:23.480As we continue, if you know anything, if you are aware in any way of suspicious activity, please call our line at 729-2192, 729-2192.
00:19:40.060On the fines, so between $50,000 and $150,000, how did we arrive at those numbers and why did you decide you had to go that high with those?
00:19:48.340So, we looked at other fines, I guess, across the country.
00:19:54.740We certainly looked at where ours were, and they were incredibly low.
00:19:58.120And that's not surprising given the fact that, you know, a wildfire season like this certainly wasn't contemplated when that legislation was drafted.
00:20:06.440I mean, times changed, and here we are now.
00:20:09.100I think it was definitely appropriate to increase the fines by a serious, significant amount.
00:20:13.880Not only to send a message that it means, that we mean business, but to punish individuals in the event that they do break the regulation.
00:20:20.880So, you know, those laws and those penalties always have several factors into why we arrive where they are.
00:21:40.700Going for a walk in the woods is going to cause a fire.
00:21:43.320I can understand why people think that that's ridiculous.
00:21:47.860But the reality is it's not that you might cause a fire.
00:21:51.100It's that if you're out there walking in the woods and you break your leg, we're not going to come and get you.
00:21:56.020Because we have emergency responders that are out focused on a fire that is threatening the lives of New Brunswickers.
00:22:02.980And if you take your boat out fishing in a pond in Crown Land and you capsize,
00:22:06.900we're not going to be able to come and help you out because our first responders are focused on an immediate and serious threat to our province.
00:22:14.180And so it's the possibility of diverting emergency resources away from where they are really needed.
00:22:58.620I would probably have greater likelihood of breaking a leg if I walked through the market area in downtown Ottawa because it's so crazy now with people running around on drugs, homeless people,
00:23:14.180people who have absolutely nothing to do except start fights, raise hell.
00:23:22.880So I think I'd have probably a greater likelihood of getting a broken leg downtown Ottawa than I would going for a hike and capsizing a boat.
00:23:35.860If you capsize a boat in an isolated area and you're a long ways out, unless you're an excellent swimmer, you're probably going to be in serious trouble because the rescue people won't be there in time.
00:25:25.520Before I forget, Jason Levine, a good friend of mine who has a podcast in Alberta, was out here, my goodness, I guess it was a couple of months back now.
00:25:35.660And he interviewed me in Ottawa about current events.
00:25:40.140We talked about the potential for Alberta separatism and the potential for Alberta independence.
00:25:48.420And that interview is airing tonight on Jason's show.
00:25:52.480I'll probably put the information in the description.
00:25:56.380And I haven't seen the edited version of this clip.
00:26:00.600But rest assured, if you get the wrong idea from what Jason put out on X today, I did not take a position on Alberta separation.
00:26:12.600I have said it's up to the people who live in Alberta to decide their future.
00:26:17.700And I also have said the debate around Alberta independence is probably good for Canada because this country is going to hell in a handbasket.
00:26:26.700And anything that shakes up this country and disturbs the absolute indifference so many Canadians have to the catastrophe that's waiting for this country if we keep going the way of Justin Trudeau and Mark Carney.
00:26:46.120I think that's good to have that debate.
00:26:49.520But as I've pointed out several times, I'm a veteran of Canadian Armed Forces.
00:26:53.520It's hard for me to support any independence movement.
00:26:58.640I will certainly look at it objectively.
00:27:18.060You know, we've had Jeffrey Rath of the Alberta Prosperity Project on this show several times to talk about why separation is so viable, why it's so popular.
00:27:29.480And the last thing I'm ever going to do is suggest, oh, nobody's really behind.
00:27:34.020No, these are all fringe people who support this.
00:27:36.860No, these are normal Albertans who are sick and tired of the way Canada is being run.
00:27:41.380And they want a real alternative, which they don't see in federalism as it's currently constituted with what many people would describe as a uniparty.
00:28:07.720I'm sorry, it's a little microscopic here.
00:28:11.160But insurance premiums, generating credit scores with algorithms.
00:28:15.700And what's going to be dependent on these credit scores?
00:28:20.200This is what's called social credit in China.
00:28:23.540Insurance premiums, access to luxury hotels, travel abroad, school admissions and scholarships, access to planes and high speed trains, access to social services, loan rates and amounts.
00:29:12.960And I wanted to mention that there's a I'm paying particular attention to the Alaska summit between President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin, because I think this could be a game changer for the war in Ukraine.
00:29:26.740I think this could be the end of the war.
00:29:28.180And I think this will end at least with the acknowledgement that Ukraine cannot be a member of NATO, should never have asked, and NATO should never have promised it could be.
00:29:39.180So I think that's going to be history from now on.
00:29:42.940And there'll be other things that a lot of Russia folks won't like.
00:29:47.560But it's time to acknowledge the war is over.
00:29:51.760And I think they'll be lucky to get what they can out of this, because they're down to virtually nobody in the population who's capable of fighting.
00:30:10.020And, of course, as I've said many times, this did not begin two or three years ago.
00:30:17.560This began in 2014 with a coup d'etat that was engineered by the CIA so that a pro-Russian regime was replaced by an anti-Russian regime and a pro-NATO regime.
00:30:29.820And, as I've said, I don't know how many times, as the Soviet Union was imploding, NATO promised Mikhail Gorbachev that there would be no expansion of NATO, not one inch eastward.
00:30:45.480NATO broke that promise almost immediately.
00:30:49.220Here's some insanity I showed yesterday when I was talking to Neil Oliver, if you missed it.
00:30:54.960Mike Huckabee, you know Mike Huckabee.
00:30:56.400He was a Republican presidential candidate.
00:31:06.260This is a former governor of Arkansas, pastor, evangelical Christian.
00:31:14.620And he had, I can't believe how incredibly deluded Mike Huckabee has become.
00:31:22.100Because he's justifying what's been happening in Gaza with the bombing of Dresden in February, I think it was, 1945.
00:31:33.460This was a city full of people on the run, of people trying to escape the bombing from the larger cities like Berlin and Hamburg and Frankfurt and Nuremberg.
00:31:49.340So they went to Dresden thinking they could get away from the bombing, largely women and children as well.
00:31:57.560And the Royal Air Force and the United States Army Air Corps or Army Air Force at that time bombed the city literally into a shell.
00:32:11.200Well, perhaps 100,000 people died in the firestorms, nothing left of a city that went back to the Middle Ages.
00:32:23.680And it had absolutely no military value.
00:32:26.220There was nothing there that was posing any kind of military threat.
00:32:30.040It was simply to punish ordinary people.
00:33:30.120We're going to be examining that with greater depth tomorrow.
00:33:34.660Because it indicates a lot about where this country is going and how this country increasingly thinks.
00:33:43.680And so I think that's going to be well worth watching.
00:33:47.700So, thank you for watching today, folks.
00:33:53.880It's always a pleasure to come to you.
00:33:55.760You've been watching Stand on Guard with David Creighton, broadcasting to you live, as I always do, with rare exceptions, from our nation's capitals in Ottawa.
00:34:04.220And I'll be back again tomorrow, same time.