Should reconciliation turn Vancouver's Stanley Park into a 'person'?

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New Zealand granted legal personhood to a national park with rights to be protected. Could that principle apply to Stanley Park?

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.As the Canadian national soccer teams head to their respective FIFA World Cups, Derek Van Diest is on the scene to cover all the action. Expect expert insights and analysis in your inbox daily throughout the tournaments, and weekly on Thursdays for the rest of the season.

In the B.C. context, Flynn said it would be difficult for Stanley Park to 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 wrote their own law in 2020 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.” Rather, she intended it to be “more cautionary than that, to say don’t jump on these ideas as though they’re going to just solve everything.”

 

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nope

How silly

For sure, absolutely! I think we should also turn Highway 401 into a person.

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Should reconciliation turn Vancouver's Stanley Park into a 'person'?New Zealand granted legal personhood to a national park with rights to be protected. Could that principle apply to Stanley Park? Hell NO😡😱 Sure...in the same sense that a corporation is considered a person...yawn! No, a person is a human being Law Prof. is a fool to designate such an idea
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