Just to reiterate a point in the article, just because you’ve got mining claims doesn’t mean you can just come in and start digging, you need written permission from the landowner before any mining related work can begin (even test holes)
They might have to pay for right of way and damages, but it’s next to impossible to prevent resource companies from accessing mineral rights.
With a party like the CAQ in power, you can forget about any land rights. These guys will sell their own mother if it means making an extra dollar.
To my limited knowledge (reading https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/1551870) this seems to be the Canadian norm: you don’t own the land under your land
Oh I know. But when the company knocks on your door to tell you that you’re being evicted from your home, don’t rely on the CAQ to help you.
oh yeah, not saying it’s a good thing at all…
Yes. My also limited understanding is that it might be traced back to some of the original treaties with the Indigenous peoples which said (or at least implied) that the Indigenous peoples were ceding only the surface to a depth of several inches.
Sadly, the government then turned that into “Crown ownership” (as contrasted with private ownership) instead of Indigenous ownership. Much to the detriment of the economic and political power of the Indigenous peoples.
