Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs will be receiving $7.2-million from the province to support work to implement their title and rights.
The three-year funding commitment will support the hereditary chiefs’ efforts to reunite the Wet’suwet’en Nation. Part of the funding will also go towards their efforts to “revitalize governance structures for water stewardship, wildlife programs, eco-system monitoring and other initiatives to enhance collaborative stewardship and management of land and resources.” Additionally, the former Lake Kathlyn school will be turned into a Wet’suwet’en Nation governance centre.
The province also announced the Lake Babine Nation will get $22-million in funding ahead of schedule. That funding was supposed to have been dispersed over several years, but the province says dispensing it all at once will allow the nation to “initiate economic development and forestry investments on a larger scale, and do so sooner.”
The province says this agreement provides a new flexible funding model for future agreements.
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