The B-C Treaty Commission says more than half of the province's First Nations have either completed treaties or are participating in the process. Acting chief commissioner Celeste Haldane says the high participation rate highlights the success of the treaty process in B-C. She says it also shows what types of opportunities are available to First Nations who haven't yet signed on. (Four B-C First Nations have signed preliminary treaty agreements in the last fiscal year.)

Date: 2015-10-13
Placeline: VANCOUVER.
Source: The Canadian Press
Length: 15 seconds

Transcript Prediction: << there are a number of them just on the cusp of ready to go and that is our job as a treaty commission is to support those Nations and you finding conclusions to their treaty negotiations process and supporting them moving forward to self-governance >>

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