Scott Fraser

• Two B.C. NDP cabinet ministers say they won’t run again as election rumours swirl

  Scott Fraser and Doug Donaldson have both said they are not running in the next provincial election, whenever it happens to be called.

  Politics

  Sep 14, 2020
• Wet’suwet’en elected chiefs repeat call for minister’s resignation as gov’t pact signed

  The virtual signing ceremony saw the hereditary chiefs and government ministers witness each other signing the document through Zoom, as travel has been restricted due to the coronavirus pandemic.

  Canada

  May 14, 2020
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• Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs, governments set to sign ‘important’ pact from afar

  The memorandum of understanding that's due to be signed will set the terms for months of negotiations on land rights and title for the Wet'suwet'en over their traditional territory in northern B.C.

  Canada

  May 13, 2020
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• Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs release details of gov’t pact, but members still concerned

  The chiefs also addressed concerns from the elected leadership that they and other members of the Wet'suwet'en have not been properly consulted with.

  Canada

  May 12, 2020
• Wet’suwet’en elected chiefs call for minister to resign, withdrawal of gov’t agreement

  The elected leadership say the pact on land rights and title has not been fully circulated to the Nation's clans for their input, and accuse the federal and B.C. governments of consulting in bad faith.

  Canada

  May 11, 2020
• Wet’suwet’en chiefs to sign proposed agreement with governments over land rights, title

  The agreement does not apply to the controversial Coastal GasLink pipeline project, which sparked the discussions that led to the deal.

  Canada

  Apr 30, 2020
• B.C. adds health-care resources to support rural, remote and Indigenous communities amid the COVID-19 crisis.

  Premier John Horgan is expected to announce support for rural, remote and Indigenous communities on Monday afternoon.

  Health

  Apr 20, 2020
• Indigenous Relations Minister Scott Fraser under fire for allowing protesters into B.C. legislature

  Indigenous Relations Minister Scott Fraser says he is 'deeply disappointed' five Indigenous youth refused to leave the Legislature following a meeting with him on Thursday and he would have held the meeting elsewhere if you could have anticipated the outcome. 

  Politics

  Mar 5, 2020
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• Elected Wet’suwet’en chief feels shut out of discussion over tentative deal with B.C., feds

  "They need to engage our people and collaborate with us regardless of the Indian Act," said Wet'suwet'en First Nation Elected Chief Maureen Luggi.

  Mar 4, 2020
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• Lawyer behind historic B.C. land rights case calls new Wet’suwet’en arrangement ‘powerful’

  Peter Grant spent 10 years representing the Wet'suwet'en in the Delgamuukw case left dangling by the Supreme Court in 1997, which could be resolved by the proposed agreement announced Sunday.

  Canada

  Mar 1, 2020