The public is paying.
Governments have no money other than taxpayers' money.
That, of course, is the Nisga'a treaty, and specifically the matter of compensation. The government has elevated the treaty to a status above the throne speech, which is being dispensed with when the legislature resumes sitting today. That may well be merited. There is no quarrel here that the treaty's destiny should be speedily determined. Analysts quoted by Sun reporter Dianne Rinehart think the industry is caught between a saw and a hard place.