Such a major reform — potentially allowing Indigenous governments to charge their own taxes for the first time off-reserve — would be one practical step toward reconciliation, some Indigenous leaders argued at the Union of B.C. Manny Jules, chief commissioner of the First Nations Tax Commission, speaks to city and Indigenous leaders at the Union of B.C. ( David P. Ball / StarMetro )The province’s Indigenous relations minister, who signed a renewed pact with the UBCM on reconciliation with First Nations, said “everything is on the table” but stopped short of a commitment. “That’s where the rubber hits the road,” Manny Jules, chief commissioner of the First Nations Tax Commission, said to loud applause from city politicians and Indigenous leaders. Minister of Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation Scott Fraser told StarMetro that he’d consider such proposals, even if he wanted to avoid being “prescriptive” about particular solutions without knowing more.

Source: thestar September 11, 2018 00:12 UTC