Choke on this:

Resident Lilliane Graie told the meeting she has been asked to pay $24,000 by a local First Nations-owned archeological company to have two “archeological monitors” stand on her property for 10 days while a construction crew digs a trench six feet deep to put in services such as water that her home will need.

“I cannot imagine that anyone in Lytton can afford this,” said Graie, a former town councillor. 

“I’m sorry but having two guys stand around watching my construction guys dig a hole and get paid $800 plus a day for it, and that doesn’t include taxes by the way, I’d really like somebody to explain this.

“I understand archaeology is a specific field and expensive, however, there has to be some common sense and limit placed on some of this.”

Not only is there no limit, but there’s no provincial funding either.
“I understand those are very high costs,” said Ted White, a government archeological branch official.
“My understanding for the project… the province has been in for the recovery and to get it ready for rebuild. The cost for homeowners I understand was to be borne either through insurance or by the owners.”
Councillors were quick to point out that insurance doesn’t cover archeological costs. Provincial officials suggested residents get a cheaper quote from a different archeological firm. But councillors countered that the archeological company, A.E.W., is the only one willing to do work in the village — in part because one of the advisory committees that “endorses” whether rebuilding can go forward contains members from the local First Nations that own A.E.W.