's Capital Regional District's standing committees will include representation from elected members of First Nations on a rotating basis. The Capital Regional District, which was created in 1966, consists of seven municipalities — including Victoria — and five electoral areas and co-ordinates issues in the Greater Victoria region. The bylaw change allows inclusion of First Nations elected representatives on CRD standing committees, but Olsen notes that these are not decision-making seats. "The committees make recommendations to the CRD board and the board actually gets to make the decision," she said. Olsen would like to see more agency for the First Nations, but there are statutory obstacles preventing those changes happening right away.

Source: CBC News January 16, 2021 19:52 UTC