This is ironic given that, by omitting property rights, the same Charter fails to recognize that throughout history, private property has been the best bulwark of both liberty and security and a countervailing force to state power. Ideally, there would be a complete transfer of title to the residents with no government interference in the regulation of the resource. This, however, would compel the residents to fund their preferred purification system, perhaps through eco-tourism, but the possibilities are many. We accept that native bands have control over the water on their land. The 2000 members of the Nisga'a Indian band have been granted private rights over the Naas River and other streams under the munificent Nisga'a agreement.
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