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Vaughn Palmer: Despite political assurances on Aboriginal title, private land owners in B.C. have reason to be spooked

Opinion: Ambiguity in recent federal deals and the Cowichan court ruling leaves land owners reason to be leery

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VICTORIA — It took just one sentence in one appraisal this week to illustrate the growing impact of Aboriginal title on private property evaluations in B.C.

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“We assume the subject property is not subject to a land claim and they are valued as if unencumbered,” said the relevant passage in an appraisal of a “run of the mill” commercial property near a transit line in Metro Vancouver.

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