The minister has now openly confirmed what the NDP tried to keep quiet. Public access to 30 properties, including Hatley Castle and Discovery Island Marine Provincial Park, could be restricted or lost entirely under the Te’mexw treaty. These are public lands that belong to all British Columbians. Once they become treaty lands, the government itself admits there is no guarantee the public will still be able to use them. Historic sites, parks, and even land near the Legislature are on the table, and ordinary people are only finding out after the fact. This is the NDP’s radical land-back agenda in action: large-scale transfers of Crown assets with almost no public consultation and zero meaningful democratic oversight. They are treating the owners of this province, the public, as an inconvenience. The NDP must stop these transfers now. British Columbians will not accept the quiet handover of public parks and heritage sites without a real say.

The Public Accounts confirm what we have been warning about. The NDP is moving ahead with massive Crown land transfers while keeping British Columbians in the dark. These deals could total up to 24 million acres. That includes large transfers based on unsettled claims, with almost no public consultation and limited democratic oversight. In some cases, public access to parks and recreation areas is not even guaranteed after the transfer. This is the direct result of the NDP’s radical land back agenda. They have chosen secrecy over transparency and ideology over the public interest. British Columbians should not have to dig through Public Accounts or media reports to find out what is happening to land that belongs to all of us. The NDP must halt these transfers, recall the Legislature, and restore proper oversight. Handing over public land on this scale without meaningful public input is a failure of basic democratic accountability.