Premier Gordon Campbell announced a new agreement that will see colleges and technical institutes in B.C. and Alberta work together to help train more of the skilled workers needed by two of Canada's strongest provincial economies.
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Premier Gordon Campbell announced agreements in-principle have been reached with the Tsay Key Dene Band and the Kwadacha Nation to address the impact on their communities and culture from the construction of the Bennett Dam and the Williston Reservoir 40 years ago. With Premier Campbell for the announcement were (l to r) Energy Minister Richard Neufeld, BC Hydro President and CEO Bob Elton, Aboriginal Relations Minister Michael de Jong, Dave Porter of the First Nations Leadership Council and Chair of the Kaska Dena Council, Tsay Keh Dene Chief Johnny Pierre, Kwadacha Chief Donny Van Somer and Elder Jean Isaac. [News release]

Premier Gordon Campbell joined Minister of Aboriginal Relations and Reconciliation Michael de Jong and federal Minister of Indian and Northern Affairs Jim Prentice to witness the initialling of a Final Agreement with the Maa-nulth First Nations, the first such agreement reached on Vancouver Island under the B.C. Treaty Commission process.
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Premier Gordon Campbell witnessed the initialing of the Final Agreement with Tsawwassen First Nation that, if ratified, will become the first urban treaty reached under the B.C. Treaty Commission Process. 
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