RE: First Nations nail in the coffin? This part from this excellent report in the local First Nations newspaper is quite shocking. Bold added by me.
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Those are a few of the troublesome technical points where “failure to consult” came in. Others proved to be “offensive,” according to Hunter. None more so than Section 22.13.7.13.2, Healthy Living:
“Positive effects are likely to occur for all persons with increased income as a result of employment and income at the proposed Raven Project. Based on evidence presented by Shandro et al (2012), negative residual effects may occur for some sensitive individuals in Aboriginal communities who have low coping skills and / or do not take advantage of opportunities provided to develop coping skills. Such effects are likely observable on the individual but not on the community level.”
“That’s just one example,” Hunter said.
Compliance Coal also included an assessment of Tseshaht and Hupacasath First Nations, covering history, social structure, governance, religion, etc.
“I was reading this section and I said, ‘Where did this come from? It didn’t come from Tseshaht, and I’m pretty sure it didn’t come from Hupacasath.’ I kept reading, and found out their source was WikiBooks. That’s where they got their aboriginal background.”
Hunter said he feels cutting-and-pasting from an unverified source such as WikiBooks is “offensive,” and accepting it without comment could conceivably enshrine erroneous information about Tseshaht and Hupacasath First Nations on the public record.