NDPer says Reform | land claims solution simply will not work B.C.’s ABORIGINAL af. fairs minister has dismissed 48 nonsense a Reform B,C, ‘plan to end native Jand claims by offering each na- live $100,000 and a small piece of land, “This is precisely the Same approach as was taken “years ago When there was an idea for what was called ‘full assimilation’,”? Gordon Wilson said. “If you just gave every Indian so much money and a smail plot of land you would strip away their aboriginal tights you would no longer recognize them as aboriginal people and you could just assimi- late them into mainstream saciety,”? That strategy may be simple, but it doesn’t work, Wilson says. ‘That’s because aboriginal rights and aboriginal title are collective rights — recognized as such by the Gordon Wilson Supreme Court of Canada in its Delgamuukw decision — and as such can’t be dealt with by individual payouts, Wilson said. He also noted the concept ignores the fact that native rights to self-government are entrenched in the .con- slitution, Using olfers to individuals to erase collective aboriginal rights aud: tide would backfire, he added. “First Nations. would im- mediately go to the courts and angue that it’s not con-_ . slitutional and ‘demand’ the court impose some ‘settle- meat on the land,’? he said, “We'd lose and I think they’d win.’* He also said» Reform leader Bill Vander Zalm’s proposal to advance. each native $100,000-up front or $250,009 over 15 ~ years wouid be far more ‘costly than the current lind and cash -trausfers envisioned under the B.C. treaty: pro- cess. Wilson is. in Terrace tonight’ to. speak al ‘the Nisga’a Tribal. Council’s convention al the Terrace : arena. Ministry gets ready — with new computers — TWO HIGHWAYS ministry employees were just here training their staff to use a new aad improved Y2K compliant financial system. The new system, called ORCA (Oracle Corporate Applications), is replacing the ministry’s outmoded 20-year-old financial Says ministry financial system sysiem, trainer Susan Rennie. _ Instead of costly upgrading the old sys- tem, which isn’t Y2K compliant, the provincial government is replacing the cur- rent sysiem with Windows-based programs. “It’s cutting edge software,’ Rennic said, “‘Tt’s much more user friendly [than the old system].” She said the provincial government is eventually going to switch all ministry pro- grams to ORCA software to centralize and Streamline operations. . Ministry financial employees from Dease Lake, Smithers, Burns Lake and Terrace. The new software, which bas been run- formation. ning since the beginning of the month, will Keep track of all highways financial data - like bill payments and financial projects in- Rennie said the differences between the new ORCA system and old system are like night and day. “It’s like going from ‘a typewriter toa word processing system,’ she said. Six highways financial analysis have been: ‘ touring B.C. since February training “a ac- countants on the new system. The highways and forestry ministries are the fixst in B.C. to modify the ORCA soft- ware to suil specific financial needs. You're never tao young... Tojoin he batt againstthe desert! Support USC land improvement programs in Moli Coll, 1-800-5658-USC With your pledge today! Terrace Youth Soccer. Association | regrets fo announce the possible cancellation® * and delay to the start of the soccer season for the Under 17 Boys Division & Under 17 Girls Division due to lack of coaches for that age group. 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