Tlicho in court to save Wek'eezhii Land and Water Board

The Tlicho government is in court in Yellowknife today arguing to save theWek'eezhii Land and Water Board.

The Tlicho filed the lawsuit against the federal government after the Northwest Territories Devolution Act was passed earlier this year.It included amendments to the Mackenzie Valley Resource Management Act that will phaseout regional land and water boards in the N.W.T., including theWek'eezhiiLand and Water Board.

The boards are scheduled to be merged into one superboard in April 2015.

TheTlichohave said the federal government failed to properly consult them about the changeand that it violates theirland claim and self-government agreement signed in 2003.

Two days have been set aside for the hearing.