By SCOTT TRUDEAU Penticton Herald
The signing of a protocol and accord agreement involving three South Okanagan Indian Bands was missing a key player Monday -- the Regional District Okanagan-Similkameen was a no-show. Grand Chief Stewart Phillip of the Penticton Indian Band said he received a letter from RDOS chairman Dan Ashton Friday afternoon announcing that the ceremonial signing at the Penticton Trade and Convention Centre should be postponed. However, Phillip, Chief Clarence Louie of the Osoyoos Indian Band, and Keith Crow, representative for the Lower Similkameen Indian Band decided to move forward with the ceremony anyway. Signing the document without an RDOS representative present demonstrates the three bands’’ support for the contents of the agreement, said Phillip. He added it represents the harmonization of their government-to-government relationship and issues of joint concern. Ashton said Monday the regional district’’s municipal directors had asked for the signing to be delayed after recently receiving word that the Lower Similkameen and Osoyoos Indian bands were also signing onto the agreement. "When notifying the member municipalities of the regional district that we had been invited to participate in the signing ceremony on Sept. 29, we had a number of them request postponement so they could take documents back to their council for permission to participate," explained Ashton.
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No deal yet CHBC VIDEO Web posted on Monday, 29 September 2008
There's a last minute glitch in a protocol agreement involving Okanagan Indian bands.
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