A10 - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, July 29, 1998

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nomic advancement.’?

Martin said his biggest concern about the deal was the final wecks of (he negotiations was wrong and undermined
legal language required to ensure certainty and finality, the province’s credibility in future claims.
But he says the language indicating the Nisga’a ‘“‘release’? » - ‘We were treated badly by the government,” he said.
ail future claims has convinced him it’s been ‘‘fairly well “To bypass that whole process at the 11th hour because of

addressed,’

He said there are also some lingering local concerns people who pul ina lot of time,” Gerry Martin

Claim
cost

THE COST of settling the
Nisga’a Jand claim will ex-
ceed $310 million.

Once the value of the land,
loss of resource revenue and
federal fiscal transfers are
added in, the total nears half
a billion dollars.

A breakdown of known
costs was released July 22 at
a hastily organized news
conference Wednesday after
Liberal leader Gordon
Campbell released some
details the day before.

Here's a listing:

One time payments

$190 million is the capi-
tal transfer to the Nisga’a
agreed to in the agreement-
in-principle. It’s paid out in
installments over 15 years.

@ $41 million commit-
ment by the province to
rebuild sections and to pave
the Nisga’a Highway over
seven years.

MA $30 million transition
furd from the federal
government will help im-
prove infrastructure and
facilities in the Nass valley,
and also provide training
support and replication of
cultural artifacts.

This is likened to federal
assistance grants for infra-
structure that sometimes ac-
companies things like the
transfer of airports to local
authorities.

@ An estimated $18 to
$25 million will be required
to compensate third parties
affected, primarily Skeena
Cellulose for loss of timber
supply. The cost will be
shared equally by the feds
and province,

@ $11.5 million is to buy
the Nisga’a a share of the
Nass commercial fishery,
the cost split by Canada and

@ $10 million goes to the
Nisga’a-run Lisims Fishery
Trust fund for fisheries con-
servation and habitat.

i $4.35 million is money
the province will give to the
Nisga’a for stumpage they
collect from forest com-
panies aver ihe first five
years of the treaty. That’s to
put the Nisga’a in the
“same economic position’?
as if they had been in com-
plete control of forestry
from day one of the treaty.

@ About $10.4 million
split by B.C, and Canada for
treaty implementation costs,
including employment and
training money, enrolment
and ratification bills.

Land value

m Estimated value of the
2,000 sq. km, of land the
pfovince turns over to the
Nisga’a is $106 million.

Ongoing costs

@ The province expects to
give up $36 million over the
years in stumpage revenue
from forest companies that
will now go to the Nisga’ a.

That number’s a very
rough estimate, expected to
‘vary wildly depending on
prices, stumpage rates and
numerois other factors,

Transfers ’

i About $30 million over
the first five years of the
treaty to deliver programs
and services to the Nisga’a,

This is money that will get
moved from the federal
government books to the
Nisga’a goverament for
them to administer. It’s
topped up about 10 per cent
from the previous costs to
Canada.

The loss is offset’ by the
fact the federal government
won't have the expense of
paying for those services.

Nisga’a vote wanted

He said there are high hopes among various Terrace about access to lands and fish and wildlife, but that overall
businesses for joint venture opportunities with the Nisga’a. _ the trealy is good news for the local economy.

“They have always been very supportive of the local From a broader provincial perspective, Martin says he’s
business community,’’ be added. ‘Hopefully this provides not so sure the treaty is efficient or affordable for the
them with the opportunities they need for social and eco- senior governments Looting the bill.

And he says the lack of consultation with TNAC in the

polilical expediency is pretty damn dissappointing for

The Law firm of
Halfyard & Wright,

welcomes
David Mardiros

to the firm commencing

July ist, 1998.
Mr. Mardiros is a member of the Bars
of British Columbia (19865)
and Western Australia (1989),
and will be practising in the areas
of civil litigation, criminal law
and Aboriginal law.

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