# Source note — BC First Nations land-transfer ledger / budget source-check

Article: `bc-first-nations-land-transfer-ledger-budget-source-check.html`  
Date: 2026-08-08

## Lead

Facebook share supplied by user:
`https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1934Enaeve/?mibextid=wwXIfr`

It resolved to a BetterBC group post by Adam Osborne linking to BC Mine Ledger. The post used highly loaded wording about David Eby, private property and “Indian bands.” NewsForBC did **not** adopt that wording. Article uses “First Nations” and frames the social post as a lead.

## Key source distinction

BC Mine Ledger’s production report states:

- 102 canonical transfers
- selected portfolio value: $1,460,848,830
- verified/exact subtotal: $631,148,717 across 36 transfers
- estimated midpoint subtotal: $829,700,113 across 66 transfers
- proven acquisition-specific public expenditure: $83,539,000
- proven B.C. acquisition-specific expenditure: $57,669,000

The report itself says the portfolio total measures estimated economic value of transferred property/acquisition packages and is **not** a finding taxpayers paid the entire amount.

## Official/example sources checked

- B.C. Budget and Fiscal Plan 2026/27 to 2028/29
- BC Treaty Commission SXFN ranch transfer release
- BC Gov News Jericho Lands release
- Matsqui hospital lands return release
- BC Mine Ledger production report/source sheets

## Editorial caution

The article treats the $1.4608B number as a ledger/report claim, not as independently audited government accounting. The article separates exact values, estimates/proxies, proven public expenditure and budget-transparency questions.