Who Controls BC’s Crown Lands? How the Province Is Quietly Surrendering Control of Public Lands

Poorly thought through by this government. They are putting everyone's future at significant risk - and I include FN's in everyone. Capital goes the path of least resistance. Similarly business looks for stability, not uncertainty.

BC has set a path towards creating less stability, introducing more regulatory barriers to those businesses which might seek to invest in BC. Additionally, fee simple land ownership is foundational to creating certainty, stability and an environment where capital investment can safely take place.

Idealism without an eye towards creating certainty and stable economic anchors will lead to BC (and those who call it home) suffering significant degradation of our economic future....and, that means government (and FN's if they continue along this path) will kill the cash cow. There will be fewer BC tax payers to keep the lights on. The kinds of social services and infrastructure investments BC needs in the future to stay afloat will wash away over time. Its just that simple...less tax payers = erosion of society.

We need a significant policy course correction to find a new balance point and real meaningful reconciliation that society has the capacity to financially support.
 
Poorly thought through by this government. They are putting everyone's future at significant risk - and I include FN's in everyone. Capital goes the path of least resistance. Similarly business looks for stability, not uncertainty.

BC has set a path towards creating less stability, introducing more regulatory barriers to those businesses which might seek to invest in BC. Additionally, fee simple land ownership is foundational to creating certainty, stability and an environment where capital investment can safely take place.

Idealism without an eye towards creating certainty and stable economic anchors will lead to BC (and those who call it home) suffering significant degradation of our economic future....and, that means government (and FN's if they continue along this path) will kill the cash cow. There will be fewer BC tax payers to keep the lights on. The kinds of social services and infrastructure investments BC needs in the future to stay afloat will wash away over time. Its just that simple...less tax payers = erosion of society.

We need a significant policy course correction to find a new balance point and real meaningful reconciliation that society has the capacity to financially support.


You are 100% correct. I just read today that a major Saskatchewan Potash company decided to invest in a port in Washington state due to the current environment in BC. That's a 9 Billion dollar project that wont be spent in BC. Ebby was furious about it.
 
You are 100% correct. I just read today that a major Saskatchewan Potash company decided to invest in a port in Washington state due to the current environment in BC. That's a 9 Billion dollar project that wont be spent in BC. Ebby was furious about it.
Exactly - poor policy that doesn't consider unanticipated consequences leads to a toxic environment for investors.
 
Exactly - poor policy that doesn't consider unanticipated consequences leads to a toxic environment for investors.

In todays canada and especially BCs undrip era, smart $ doesn't go to provincial (or fed) governments, it goes directly to local bands to create partnerships.
This must come to an end ,for exactly the reasons in your previous post.
The country/provinces will never truly prosper with such a fractured chopped up puzzle pieces(native territories)for a country. As most cant even agree on what happens in the neighboring territories side of the hill!!
 
Both parties in BC are a total disaster.
Better get a complete change of people or face disaster.
 
Last big kick for the FN's. The huge inflex of immigrants we are experiencing will become the dominate class, and they do not give a FF about who was here first.
 
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