4 — Friday, October 1, 1999 —- North Shore News

Treaty pri

Marcie Good Contributing Writer

PRIVATELY owned land must not be part of treaty settlements with First Nations, but it will be part of treaty negotiations.

That's what Coun, Pat Munrac told North Vancouver District. council on Monday night. Bur his motion to change one of the principles of treaty negotiations would leave the door open for private and government-owned land to be part of set- tlements, contended Coun. Glenys Decring-Robb.

“This is key,” said Decring-Robb of the principle which states that private lands must not be subject to treaty negotiations. “It sends a message when our pecple are at the table thar thev’ve got to nudge the Peed at and try to bang the feds over the

ead and say ‘No.’ Otherwise we're giving it away.”

The principle, one of 35 that will be recommended to the Lower Mainland Treaty Advisory Committee to guide provincial and federal governments during treaty negotiations, reads: “Existing pri-

ncip Privately Gwned property at issue

vately owned fee-simple lands, Crown cor- poration lands and local government owned lands and assets acquired through a local government process Must not be sub- ject to treaty negotizzions.”

But that principle, said Munroe, is like making a bylaw that is unentorecable. His motion, which was carried, changed the principle to read “Privately owned land .. must not be available for Treaty Settlement Lands selection.”

Another principle sets out that urban treaty settlements will be composed “pri- marily of cash and other fiscal considera- tions rather than land,” Munroe pointed out. That means land in areas designated as traditional First Nations territory will be considered in the negotiations and may be compensated by cash or other means. But the lands themselves will not be part of the settlement.

Decring-Robb and Coun. Trevor Carolan voted against the motion. Both argued that the original wording was clear.

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“I want to make this absolutely clear because these are fighting words,” said Carolan. *I don’t want to see this watered down.”

The revised principte, said Mayor Don Bell, would net lessen the point.

“f don’t think it opens the door to the concerns that Coun. Carolan and Coun. Deering-Robb have raised. Your house and my house are not on the table in any way, shape or form.”

‘The principles under discussion. were developed by the Lower Mainland Treary Advisory Committee, with input from local governments. They will serve to represent the interests and expectations of local gov- ermmenis when the provincial and federal governments negotiate treaties with First Nations.

The changes to the principles voted by district council will be recommended to the advisory committee.

Other principles include that there must

be no negative impacts on local govern-

ment tax revenues resulting from treaty set- tlements, particularly on the ability of local government to derive tax revenue from sources such as property taxes and grants- in-liew from Crown lands.

Pedailing local law enforcement

Anna Marie O'Angeia

News Reporter dangelo@nsnews.com

THEY patrol the sometimes mean streets

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North Vancouver. RCMP . bike “squad members say .. they’re doing a good job, . especially. in places where ", police cars can’t go such as parks trails and greenbelrs. -

. Bike squad: members say criminals and trouble -makers

> know police on mountain bicycles are around, but are

still often surprised to see them.

“They don’t hear you coming. You don’t telegraph

_ yourse! fas much,” said Const.

Rod MacLeod, a bike squad officer.

The North Vancouver RCMP bike squad started about seven years ago.

Recent Mountie staff shortages resulted in Coquitlam and Burnaby bike squads being mothbalied.

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RCMP management kept the bike squad going despite staff shortages. In July there were 18 vacant positions in the 160-officer detachment.

- North Van Mountie administration cut operation of its summer patrol boat because of staff shortages. (The police boat was back to work after the August fire- works boating fatalities in West Vancouver.)

Currently there are five constables on the North Vancouver RCMP bike squad: Rod MacLeod, Andrea

Rodatz, Randy Hayre, Adam Wyant and Deanne Brodrick. They work in pairs year- round, days and nights, opt- ing for police cars perhaps

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iy POLICE ask the public’s assistance in_identitying this Shoppers Drug Mart burglar. Cal! 985-1311.

Police seek third man

TWO men have been charged and a third suspect is still at, ' large in connection with a Sept. 28 burglary attempt at the Lynn Valley Centre.

A Coast Mountain Bus Link driver was credited with foiling thieves who had used a stolen car to crash into the Shoppers Drug Mart store.‘The transit operator drove into the mall's park- ing lot and used the bus to block the car. The car had been stolen in North Vancouver. It was loaded with stolen cigarettes when the bus driver blocked the vehicle at 6:30 a.m. One man was caught by a police dog. A second was arrested after police received a tip later in the day. Mounties are asking the public’ ‘s* assistance to identify the third man (in photo).

Shane Brendon Eschner, 25, of North Van, and Grant Allan ° Salter, 29, of Surrey, are chai ged with break, enter and theft, pos- sessing stolen property and being disguised while intending to commit a crime. Eschner was remanded. His next court date is Oct. 6. Salter was released. His next court date is Dec. 14.

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