Tsawwassen First Nation and Canada reach land claim settlement agreement

TSAWWASSEN FIRST NATION, B.C.-In late April, Chief Ken Baird and the Honourable Marc Miller, Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations, announced that the Tsawwassen First Nation and the Government of Canada have reached a settlement agreement of the English Bluff Specific Claim. As part of the settlement, the Tsawwassen First Nation will receive $7.7 million in total compensation.

"We at Tsawwassen First Nation are pleased to bring closure to this long-standing issue," said Chief swәnnәset Ken Baird of the Tsawwassen First Nation.

"Addressing the historical harms done to our people is key to rec...