The idea of granting a park, forest or ecosystem “personhood” adds protection by shifting away from the idea that it is property, governed as such in the British common law tradition.Start your day with a roundup of B.C.-focused news and opinion delivered straight to your inbox at 7 a.m., Monday to Friday.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc.
In the B.C. context, Flynn said it would be difficult for Stanley Park to be simply be given to the Squamish, Tsleil Waututh and Musqueam First Nations. Flynn said the legislation created a management plan with a board that must “act on behalf of, and in the name of Te Urewera,” and may “consider and give expression to ‘Tūhoe knowledge.'”
Closer to home, Flynn said the ?Esdilagh First Nation and Tsilhqot’in Council of Chiefs, in 2020 wrote their own law that declared the Fraser River to be a person with “rights in the decisions about their care and use that must be considered and respected.”Article content Rather, she intended it to be “more a cautionary than that, to say don’t jump on these ideas as though they’re going to just solve everything.”
Throw out the craziest idea you can think of and see if it floats?
No, a person is a human being Law Prof. is a fool to designate such an idea
Sure...in the same sense that a corporation is considered a person...yawn!
Hell NO😡😱