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As Canada's First Nations Start Developing Their Land, Is Sprawl Inevitable?

In a historic treaty enacted in 2009, the Canadian government’s stewardship of the Tsawwassen First Nation came to an end, establishing it as its own government. Along with that treaty, the 400-member Tsawwassen First Nation has been granted full ownership and development rights over its land – rights it had been denied for hundreds of years. Now, with those rights in hand, the nation is moving forward with long desired plans to reap some economic development out of what had for so long been an economically fruitless situation. Read More

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