Excerpt: The government estimates a liability of $3.8 billion for specific claims “that have progressed to a point where quantification is possible,” according to the government So I have a couple of questions related to this: (1) Has the Canadian government through NAFTA and other FTAs granted foreign corporations access to Native land it has not yet legally acquired? (2) Under the terms of existing FTAs would Canada have to compensate foreign corporations billions of dollars for lost investments and lost future profits if they could not guarantee these corporations access to un-ceded First Nation lands? (3) What happens if First Nations dont trust the federal or provincial governments to responsibly administer the lands in question and decide to retain administrative control over said lands? Is that what they mean by non-quantifiable? Lorraine? Peter? Anyone? El Salvador is being sued under the US-El Salvador FTA for Canadian mining compay Pacific Rims loss of investments and future profits after the FMLN government decided to throw Pacific Rim out.
Posted on: Wed, 13 Nov 2013 23:26:39 +0000
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