‘The judge has dismantled the land title system’: Richmond Mayor disputes B.C.’s Cowichan Tribes Aboriginal land title decision

One month ago, a landmark decision from the BC Supreme Court granted the Cowichan Tribes Aboriginal title over a large portion of land in Richmond, B.C. Now The Musqueam Indian Band and the City of Richmond are appealing the decision.

The province gave away the land in 1871. Currently, the land in the disputed area is owned by Ottawa, the B.C. government, the Vancouver Fraser Port Authority, the City of Richmond and private third parties.

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On Aug. 11, B.C. Attorney General Niki Sharma took to the podium expressing full opposition of the decision saying the province prefers to deal with Indigenous land matters outside of the court system.

“It’s our decision at this point that we disagree with the decision. And that British Columbia will be filing