Community members were charged for entry into conservation areas despite showing their status cards. In 2022 Ontario Parks announced “Indigenous people wishing to enter a provincial park within their traditional territory to exercise their Aboriginal and treaty rights, day access is provided free of charge,” and the Grand River Conservation Authority’s 2023 Fee Policy states, “Indigenous patrons who enter the Conservation Areas for the purpose of ceremony, the collection of vegetation for medicinal use, or to harvest animals within their treaty rights are not required to pay a fee to enter the conservation area.” The family was asked to pay for entry into the park because they planned to make use of the “amenities.” The issue was brought to Six Nations Elected Council’s General Council meeting on July 23 where…
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