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One BC / Dallas Brodie; Facebook 26128580623476685. Whisper base output may contain errors: Dallas Brody should be Dallas Brodie; WNBC should be One BC. The speaker's $7m annual claim and bribery characterization are not established; read the article/source note.

[0.00–5.04]  Hi, guys. Dallas Brody here. I'm here to give you some news on the natural resources front.
[5.04–11.84]  Some good news is that the copper mountain mine has been approved for expansion. The bad news is
[11.84–16.88]  the reasons why it was suddenly approved. This mine was approved suddenly over the
[16.88–24.00]  protest of 22 environmental groups that shut it down in 2023 because an amount of money has
[24.00–30.40]  been agreed to be paid to two local First Nations. The amount of money that's going to be paid
[30.40–38.16]  each year over the life of the mine is 35% of the mineral tax revenue that the province collects
[38.16–44.88]  each year from this mine. That amount is the equivalent of $7 million that's going to go yearly
[44.88–50.56]  to each of these bands. The life of the mine will probably go to about 2042. So essentially,
[51.20–56.72]  money that should be going into provincial coffers for the benefit of all British Columbians
[56.72–63.04]  reducing our debt and trying to get us back into a better fiscal situation is now going to be
[63.04–69.76]  diverted to essentially a thousand people who happen to be living near this mine. Something that's
[69.76–76.48]  very important in this is that this mine is located on provincial crown land. This is not land
[76.72–85.28]  over which Aboriginal title has been declared. This is land that belongs to us and the government
[85.28–92.00]  has decided that the environmental concerns that were there before are suddenly gone. Now that
[92.00–99.28]  there's an agreement been reached to pay 35% of the mineral tax each year to this band over the
[99.28–105.92]  course of the entire life of this mine. And something to add to this is the mineral tax revenue is
[105.92–113.04]  going to be paid to these bands on top of consultation costs that have already been paid to the
[113.04–118.88]  bands for this approval process to have gone through. And apparently those amounts that have
[118.88–123.68]  already been paid to the bands are completely hidden and are not being disclosed. I wonder how
[123.68–129.44]  much those are. It seems that nothing gets approved unless a band takes a cut. What does this
[129.44–135.36]  sound like to you? I know what it sounds like to me. We at WNBC want to see as much expansion in our
[135.36–142.64]  natural resource economy as we possibly can but not on these terms. There have to be equal rules
[142.64–147.44]  for all people doing business in British Columbia and no one should be paid a cut of anything
[147.44–153.36]  that belongs to all of us. This is provincial land, provincial money, and it belongs to the taxpayers
[153.36–157.36]  of British Columbia. And I'm here to stand up for British Columbians.