OPEN LETTER to Premier Eby re Constitutional Failure

RE: BREACH OF CONSTITUTIONAL DUTY: STRUCTURAL EXCLUSION OF

MAIYOO KEYOH GOVERNANCE IN THE PATHWAY FORWARD 3.0

AGREEMENT

Our governance predates the Indian Act.  Our authority is protected by the Constitution.

On behalf of the Maiyoo Keyoh Society and the lawful Indigenous government

of the Maiyoo Keyoh, we write to address the serious constitutional and

governance failures embedded in the Pathway Forward 3.0 Agreement. This

open letter is shared publicly to uphold transparency, ensure accountability,

and invite responsible cross-party engagement on matters of Indigenous title,

governance, and reconciliation.

The Maiyoo Keyoh exercises an inherent governance system under Dakelh law,

with an unbroken lineage of authority that predates the Indian Act and

continues today. Our purpose is to ensure that any agreement affecting our

ancestral territory is constitutionally valid, respects our inherent governance,

and is developed only through lawful and meaningful consultation with the

Maiyoo Keyoh.

Yet the Pathway Forward 3.0 Agreement is a constitutional failure. By excluding

lawful Indigenous governments and entrenching Indian Act structures, it

perpetuates the very colonial harm reconciliation is meant to redress. Proper

recognition and engagement are required; anything less constitutes a breach of

the honour of the Crown and the constitutional protections affirmed by Section 35.

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