An auction of Crown land has been stopped in its tracks this month, after the premier announced an indefinite extension of the pause on Crown land sales.

In 2023, the provincial government announced a pause to the sale of vacant Crown land while the government’s policy on its duty to consult with Indigenous peoples was updated and implemented.

There had been significant opposition to the sale of Crown land for economic and environmental reasons, as well as frustration that it reduced the land available for Indigenous and Métis peoples to exercise their traditional rights. • ‘A massive blow to Reconciliation’: Bill to enshrine duty to consult voted down • Canada pushing to include Indigenous rights in United Nations plastics treaty • New wind, solar projects to have largest Indigeno

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