The City of Richmond has filed a Notice of Appeal from the recent BC Supreme Court decision that declared the Cowichan Tribes have aboriginal title to approximately 732 acres of land in south east Richmond, and that aboriginal title takes precedence over fee simple ownership. 

“The Court’s decision to undermine established fee simple ownership of the properties under the BC Land Title Act within the identified area is unprecedented and compromises the entire land title system in British Columbia,” said Mayor Malcolm Brodie. “Property owners in Richmond and throughout the province can no longer rely on their title confirming a fee simple interest as conclusive evidence of absolute ownership of their land. The Court’s untenable decision cannot remain unchallenged.”

The Provincial Government has already confirmed it will appeal the landmark ruling. The Federal Government, Vancouver Fraser Port Authority, Musqueam Indian Band and Tsawwassen First Nation were also defendants in the court case.

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列治文市就考伊琴族 ( Cowichan）土地裁決提出上訴

卑詩省列治文市 – 列治文市已就卑詩省最高法院近期的裁定提出上訴。該裁定指出考伊琴族部落（Cowichan Tribes）對列治文東南部約 732 英畝土地享有原住民土地所有權
（Aboriginal Title），並確認原住民土地所有權在效力上高於一般土地所有權（Fee Simple）。

市長馬保定（Malcolm Brodie）表示：「法院的裁決前所未有，削弱了《卑詩省土地業權法》下既有土地所有權的保障，並危及整個卑詩省土地業權制度的完整性。列治文及全省土地所有權持有人將無法再單憑土地業權證明其絕對產權。此裁決不可成立，必須提出上訴。」

卑詩省政府已確認將就此標誌性裁決提出上訴。聯邦政府、溫哥華菲沙港口局、瑪斯琴部落 （Musqueam Indian Band）及 杜華遜原住民部落 （Tsawwassen First Nation）亦為此案被告。

 

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