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'This has happened before': Linguist and Mi'kmaw Elder, Bernie Francis, on the amendments to the Crown Lands Act

'This has happened before': Linguist and Mi'kmaw Elder, Bernie Francis, on the amendments to the Crown Lands Act

Update: 2025-10-14
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Linguist Bernie Francis tells Jeff Douglas why the amendments made in Bill 127 to the Crown Lands Act feel like "we're on a merry-go-round", where the past is repeating itself and how the province has a duty to consult the Mi'kmaq before making decisions with the land and other resources.

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'This has happened before': Linguist and Mi'kmaw Elder, Bernie Francis, on the amendments to the Crown Lands Act

'This has happened before': Linguist and Mi'kmaw Elder, Bernie Francis, on the amendments to the Crown Lands Act