thePodcast: B.C.'s new treaty commissioner George Abbott

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Apr 19 2026 | 00:50:08

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Show Notes

For the week of April 19, 2026: George Abbott is a former BC Liberal cabinet minister who became a political science professor and author of two books, the latest called “Unceded: Understanding British Columbia’s Colonial Past and Why It Matters Now” (UBC Press). He is the newly appointed chief commissioner of the B.C. Treaty Commission, at a crucial time when political debate rages over the future of the NDP government’s Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act. On this edition of thePodcast, Abbott makes the case for negotiation over litigation, and discusses the challenge of his new job. He […]

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