Constitution will not supersede Canadian law but will clarify decision-making powers previously left to courts
The Canadian PressBrieanna CharleboisThe Heiltsuk Nation has approved the adoption of a written constitution for the First Nation on British Columbia's central coast.
The nation says 67 per cent of the 725 people who voted on the referendum were in favour of the constitution.
It says voting this month came after about two decades of development and consultation.
That included six months of engagement with more than 2,000 Heiltsuk members in Bella Bella, Nanaimo and Vancouver.
Elected Chief Marilyn Slett says she felt "pride and happin…
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