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Vaughn Palmer: Another secret comes back to bite NDP's David Eby

Opinion: The NDP apparently learned nothing from the uproar over an earlier deal, with the shíshálh Nation

VICTORIA — The New Democrats have been working in secret to limit the province’s obligation to pay compensation to forest companies for the loss of timber-cutting rights on some 400 parcels of land being transferring to First Nations.

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The NDP government says it can no longer afford to pay compensation because of “ongoing fiscal restraints,” meaning the record debt and deficits accumulated under Premier David Eby.

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