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LOUCKS and Loucks: the tang-time North Van City mayo? announced his retire-
ment this year, and threw his weight behind Barbara Sharp as his replacement.

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Management Act, aka Bill C-
49, was passed in Ottawa bya
vote of 117-45.

The bill puts land man-
‘agement power in the hands
of First Nations band chiefs
and councils, who will have
the power to expropriate
land for band use.

Bili C-49 sparked criti-
cism from within the First
Nations community.

Only 14 bands across
Canada were signatories to
. the agreement, including the
~ Squamish Nation. The
Burrard Band did not sign.

Squamish Nation member
Wendy Lockhart-Lundberg
‘ said the bill discriminated
” against native women, who
. would be unable to inherit or
_pass on land. and could lose
their land altogether in the
_ aftermath of a divorce.

“The Squamish Nation
has valuable waterfront prop-
erty in’ North Vancouver
-- which is rumoured to be the

subject of band council
development. These plans
could displace many band
members living there to a
reserve area up the coast,”
said Lockhart-Lundberg.

A First Nations youth
movement also spent the

the power of band chiefs.
Britannia plan = sparks
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Loucks announced his retire-
ment from office after 23
years.

At 81 years of age, Loucks
decided it was time fer him
to step down — prompting 3
flurry of tributes from the
rest of council.

Stella Jo Dean, a council-
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