Title
Final Report on the Special Task Force on First Nations Relations
Recommendation
That the Capital Regional District Board:
1. Receive the First Nations Task Force Final Report as set out in Appendix A;
2. Adopt the Statement of Reconciliation as included as Appendix A in the First Nations Task Force Final Report (Appendix B of this staff report);
3. Recommend to the incoming Chair, the establishment of a First Nations Relations Committee as a Standing Committee of the Board;
4. Direct staff to work with the Province and First Nations to establish and participate on an Inter-governmental Working Group;
5. Direct staff to bring forward proposed amendments to the First Nations Relations Division 2019 Service Plan to accommodate work on the approved Task Force recommendations including the following:
(a) Ongoing new resources to host, organize and support an annual Forum of All Councils;
(b) Ongoing new resources to administer and support a new First Nations Relations Standing Committee;
(c) Ongoing new staffing for coordination and administration of First Nations engagement and to support the work of the First Nation Relations Division and Intergovernmental Working Group;
(d) One time resources to produce a report on barriers to equity and diversity hiring;
(e) One time resources to develop a First Nations remuneration policy;
(f) One time resources to produce an Indigenous Economic Development Partnership Feasibility Study.
6. That staff be directed to bring forward proposed amendments to the CRD Financial Plan to provide for the staffing and funding requirements to implement the Task Force recommendations for consideration as part of the final 2019 budget review and approval.
(NWA)