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Lorne Gunter: B.C. land transfers to First Nations pose problems for the rest of Canada

B.C. government set to give Hatley Castle, former home of a premier, to the Songhees First Nation

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The British Columbia government is set to give Hatley Castle, the home of former B.C. premier James Dunsmuir, to the Songhees First Nation as part of B.C.’s aggressive land-claims process.

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Not only Hatley Castle but all of Hatley Park, which is a national historic site, is included in the settlement.

Hatley Park is also the site of Royal Roads University, a public university that replaced the Royal Roads Military College, where generations of the naval officers were trained during the Cold War.

Because Hatley Park and the Castle are on federal land, Ottawa is involved in the transfer, too.

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