Posted on 10/20/2025 8:17:04 AM PDT by DFG
The mayor of a picturesque city has warned homeowners they could soon lose their properties after a Canadian court ruled the land belongs to a native tribe.
The British Columbia Supreme Court awarded the Cowichan Tribes an Aboriginal title over roughly 800 acres of land in the city of Richmond, a suburb of Vancouver.
The tribe was also given an Aboriginal right to fish for food, according to the court's August 2025 ruling which was reviewed by the Daily Mail.
The ruling further declared that private ownership by the federal government and city of Richmond would be 'defective and invalid.'
The declaration was suspended for 18 months so that the tribe, federal government and city would have the 'opportunity to make the necessary arrangements.'
But Richmond Mayor Malcolm Brodie has now penned a letter warning residents that the ruling 'could negatively affect title' of their homes and 'compromise the status and validity of your ownership.'
He urged residents to attend an upcoming information session being held by the city where they can learn more about this 'important situation,' according to the letter obtained by the Daily Mail.
The Cowichan Tribe has also filed an appeal claiming ownership of further land in the region, Brodie's letter revealed.
The August 2025 ruling, which followed what has been billed the 'longest trial in Canada's history, awarded the Cowichan ownership of an area the tribe calls the Lands of Tl'uqtinus.
The Lands of Tl'uqtinus refers to the traditional village site located along the Fraser River shoreline that was historically used for trade and fishing.
The area currently consists of land and buildings valued at more than $1.3billion, according to property analysts at The Globe & Mail.
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Live in Canda, lose a lot.
Canadian nutters.
When Stephen Crowder says that Canada is a sh*t country, and he knows because he grew up there, I believe him.
The infection would be spring to Cali next then the rest of the US, if Biden was still prez. He was always dominated by Trudeau and the Canucks. Thank God his beady little black eyes are long gone.
Does that mean the banks holding mortgages on the properties don’t have to be paid?
Richmond has A LOT of Chinese people, I believe. Could get interesting.
I’m not sure if it is still true but when I bought by first house back in 1987, it was on designated Indian tribal land and there was a document that had to be signed by the buyer that the buyer understood the land was on Indian tribal land and could be claimed (or something like that) by the Tribe. Almost walked away from the deal but I was young and dumb. Sold the house 9 years later so no worries but that is here in the Peoples Republic of Washington, Kingdom of Turd Ferguson.
Ain’t Communism wonderful.
Are the people getting kicked out mostly Anglo Saxon? They’re experiencing another trail of tears like their ancestors (forced out of their homeland in modern Germany into Denmark during the 5th century).
And which tribe did the Cowichans displace in order to settle these lands?
How far back do the black-robed tyrants wish to go?
Are we ready for the Neanderthal Nation?
President AOC, Newsom, or Pritzker will do the same if the nation chooses to go there for POTUS in a future election.
The Marxist covert/overt redistribution of wealth continues
The banks should rightfully go after the politicians who voted for this and the judges who uphold this travesty.
This happened in Cuba, NY (on Lake Cuba) about 20 years ago.
Well, there’s one thing to be grateful about, that this can’t happen here in CA. After the American takeover, Congress set up a commission to adjudicate all land titles in the state, affirmed certain rights under Spanish or Mexican land grants, invalidated others, and confirmed both public and private titles. So there should t be any latent land rights as would appear to be behind this Canadian madness
Alas, satan has innumerable beady little black eyed minions in the wings just itching to serve their father. We must never relapse into apathy, mediocrity and sloth where it comes to America.
Solution: The government will spread around a lot of money and make most of the “connected” people happy.
Dumbasses.
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