October 19, 2020
Sipekne’katik Chief Mike Sack recently posted on Social Media for people to call our staff at Kwilmu’kw Maw-klusuaqn Negotiation Office (KMKNO) to ask about the $88 Million offer that was discussed and to shelf our treaty rights for 10 years.
DFO did put an offer on the table earlier this year and we refused all of the $86.6 million Rights Reconciliation Agreement and access through banked licenses.
Accepting those two offers would have limited our access to the fishery and impacted our Rights. That is not acceptable.
The Assembly, or KMKNO, would NEVER agree to any offer that impacts or jeopardizes our Treaty Rights!
Instead, we continue to move forward with our exercise of self-government and continued to develop our own community Netukulimk Livelihood plans. We are working with our community members on where, when and how they will harvest and exercise their rights to a moderate livelihood.