T’Sou-ke Nation has taken possession of about 150 acres at Broom Hill near Sooke, completing a second phase of its incremental treaty agreement with the provincial government. The land was transferred back to T’Sou-ke and the nation will hold it as private land until a time that a final treaty is ratified.

Chief Gordon Planes

Chief Gordon Planes said “This transfer shows how T’Sou-ke has obtained real benefits for our people by using all of the tools available to defend our Douglas Treaties and to negotiate modern government-to-government agreements with British Columbia.” T’Sou-ke is part of the Te’mexw Treaty Association.