By John Chilibeck Local Journalism Initiative Reporter New Brunswick’s attorney general has made a spirited defence of the Progressive Conservative government’s decision to fight the Wolastoqey’s big title claim in court, saying Indigenous leaders need to “leave private landholders alone.” In the legislature on Wednesday, Ted Flemming took the unusual step of reading a minister’s statement on the ongoing legal battle. The First Nations chiefs called it inflammatory. “The Wolastoqey and certain commentators have attempted to downplay the significance of their claim,” the attorney general said. “I cannot. What is being claimed is serious. If successful, the Wolastoqey would be an unelected group with significant control of their claim area _ 60 per cent of the province, over 250,000 parcels of property and with a value in excess of $40…
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