As part of their 2019 budget, the Federal government announced that they would be forgiving or repaying 1.4 billion dollars in treaty negotiation loans.
For the Gitxsan, that amounts to more than 25 million dollars in loan payments forgiven.
Tl’azt’en Grand Chief Edward John spent last week visitng with over 40 Gitxsan hereditary chiefs to share that information.
The Gitxsan Huwilp Government has put together the following video to highlight these discussions
As a member of the First Nations Summit, the Grand Chief played an instrumental role in bringing the issue before the government.
