Opinion: Companies owned by the Cowichan Tribes have so far been frozen out from the $1.45\u002Dbillion Cowichan District Hospital replacement project.
The $1.45-billion project is the first health facility to be built under one of the NDP’s union-favouring community benefit agreements .Start your day with a roundup of B.C.-focused news and opinion delivered straight to your inbox at 7 a.m., Monday to Friday.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. You may unsubscribe any time by clicking on the unsubscribe link at the bottom of our emails or any newsletter. Postmedia Network Inc.
“Instead, work is being granted to businesses outside of the territory and outside of the Cowichan Valley. There is a real possibility that the general contractor will be bringing in temporary foreign workers, because they cannot find local labour.” But this month he complained that the David Eby government had not lived up to its side of the agreement.
“The community benefits agreement is not the reconciliation we were promised,” he continued. “If this government’s promises about UNDRIP meant anything, they would have fixed this long ago.” “We are in an ongoing conversation with Cowichan Tribes to discuss their concerns,” said the health ministry this week, confirming the leisurely approach.Far from freezing out Indigenous people, the ministry insisted that “local Indigenous tradespeople are working on the project, including members of the Cowichan Tribes.”
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