Coast Salish Territory (North Vancouver, BC) – Leaders of the First Nations Summit, who are meeting in North Vancouver this week, are calling on the federal and provincial governments to work together with First Nations to implement the recommendations contained within the federal and provincial Auditors General reports on the BC treaty negotiation process that were simultaneously released earlier this week.
Federal Auditor General Sheila Fraser and Acting Provincial Auditor General Arn van Iersel attended today’s First Nations Summit meeting and were commended for their efforts to conduct a detailed assessment of Canada and BC’s management and administration of the BC treaty negotiation process. The two audits were the result of a resolution passed by First Nations Summit Chiefs in 2004 calling for the Auditor General of Canada to review the conduct of Treaty Negotiations in BC, the implementation of modern and historic treaties and loan funding arrangements for First Nations.