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Transit exclusion upsets the Nisgaâa NEW AIYANSH - The president of the Nisgaâa Lisims Government says heâs âdismayedâ it wasnât invited to the Nov. 24 regional symposium held in Smithers to discuss regional transportation. In a release Dec. 2, Mitchell Stevens said a limit on those invited based on distance from Hwy16 didnât make sense. The Nass Valley home of the Nisgaâa is past the 75km limit set by meeting organizers. âWe feel itâs irresponsible to develop an action plan to resolve transportation issues in the north based on discussions from which we were completely excluded,â he said. Nearly 90 northwestern B.C.
and First Nations leaders and others gathered in Smithers to discuss transportation issues. Provincial transportation minister Todd Stone has promised to release a plan very soon. Below is the full text of the statement released by Stevens. âNeither the Nisgaâa Nation, nor the Nisgaâa Valley Health Authority (NVHA) received a formal invitation to attend the Northern Transportation Forum held in Smithers on November 24. âWe were dismayed to learn that the First Nations Health Authority (FNHA) and the Province of BC would hold such a forum without a formal invitation to us. âThe 75km radius appears
to us to be an arbitrary criterion for an invitation to discuss transportation needs. It also seems illogical to have a policy with outcomes that suggest that if you are lucky enough to live within this radius, you have needs, but if you live farther away, you have absolutely none. Our needs are even greater. âFamilies in our Nisgaâa communities have been tragically affected by the Highway of Tears, and our people also face significant transportation barriers to needed services. âThe Nisgaâa Villages and the NHVA, using their own resources and charging fees, have made some efforts to address this issue. âThe NVHA provides a med-
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