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Originally Posted by sourdough doug
Regarding what has been "said" about Treaty 8, the situation is such ...that if a line becomes - VACANT - the FN will have dibbs on acquiring it....so don't start rumours that may not be substantiated..Has nothing to do with resale of any lines.. Presently, I know of many FN lines that are not being "harvested"..
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What's frustrating, is there's not much done to fulfill vacancy. I called my local bio to claim a line that's been vacant for 2 yrs, and I couldn't cause it's "reserve" to first nation. Through the conversation I learned that he's aware of over a dozen unused line and they're not doing anything to find a taker. As of right now, there's nothing in the agreement stating if the line can go to a non first nation after "x" amount of time, so a lot of line might end up never being used again. What a waste!!
The ATA, should discuss with the conservative to fix this issue. There's hundreds of trapper like me wishing to get a line, and there's several vacant line. They could give priority to first nation for a year, and if not claimed, have a draw to re-allocate the line to someone.