Title: B.C. may transfer Crown land to Vancouver Island First Nations URL Source: https://globalnews.ca/news/12017786/bc-may-transfer-crown-land-vancouver-island-first-nations/ Published Time: 2026-08-11T21:22:48-04:00 Markdown Content: [___](https://globalnews.ca/news/12017786/bc-may-transfer-crown-land-vancouver-island-first-nations/#) [SKIP TO MAIN CONTENT](https://globalnews.ca/news/12017786/bc-may-transfer-crown-land-vancouver-island-first-nations/#content) [Global News Home![Image 7](https://globalnews.ca/wp-content/themes/shaw-globalnews/assets/dist/images/logo-mobile.svg?v=2)](https://globalnews.ca/) [Subscribe](https://globalnews.ca/pages/email-alerts/) Site theme toggle. Switch between light or dark mode- [x] Light Dark [Live](https://globalnews.ca/live/national/) Search Site theme toggle. 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Hide message bar ![Image 17: Click to play video: 'A number of Vancouver Island parcels of land could be transferred to First Nations'](https://i0.wp.com/media.globalnews.ca/videostatic/news/5tgxzw8knk-x48zogsr85/6P_BC_LAND_TRANSFER_QUE_OM01ZCZK.jpg?w=1040&quality=70&strip=all) 2:12 A number of Vancouver Island parcels of land could be transferred to First Nations Global News Hour at 6 BC: A number of Vancouver Island parcels of land could be transferred to First Nations close video mute video unmute video Documents show thousands of acres of Crown land may be transferred to five Vancouver Island First Nations. The BC Conservatives are calling for an end to all land transfers. Catherine Urquhart has more. 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The list includes Hatley Castle, Royal Roads University, waterfront in Victoria, property next to the legislature, Discovery Island Provincial Park and Sooke Mountain Provincial Park. “This is a betrayal of our core democracy here in British Columbia,” Conservative leader Kerry-Lynne Findlay said. “British Columbians as a whole own this province; we should have a say.” Lawyer Geoffrey Moyse spent decades advising the province on Aboriginal law. ![Image 19: national skyline](https://globalnews.ca/wp-content/themes/shaw-globalnews/images/skyline/national.jpg) ## Get daily National news Get daily Canada news delivered to your inbox so you'll never miss the day's top stories. 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