Leo, Lyle J. R.

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Leo, Lyle J. R.

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Dates of existence

fl. 2000s-

History

Lyle Leo is the economic development officer of the Xaxli’p Development Corporation based near Lillooet, BC. Part of the Lil'wat Nation, he was business development director and a council member for the Mount Currie Lil'wat Nation in the 2000s, during this time part of the Lil'wat Land Use Plan (LLUP) steering committee in 2006. He was an original member of the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Winter Games Bid Society, conducting negotiations between the society and the Lil'wat Nation in terms of support for the Games. In 2009, the Mount Currie Lil'wat band sued former band councillor and CEO Lyle, alleging he took a "secret commission" or a bribe worth $95,000 from developers while he was acting as the band's lead negotiator on major developments. The band also sought the return of $200,000 in salary received by Leo during the two-year period he acted as negotiator, according to a statement of claim filed in the BC Supreme Court. The lawsuit stated one of the major projects under consideration by the band in 2006 and 2007 was a proposal by Delta Lands Development Ltd. and the Delta group of companies for a major residential and commercial development in the Soo Valley, north of Whistler. The company proposed to develop the properties through a subsidiary, Coal Harbour Properties Partnership 11, and wanted to negotiate with the band to provide funding and other economic opportunities to the band in return for its support. Delta Lands was also interested in another project in relation to lands owned by the band in the Whistler area. Leo was appointed the lead negotiator by the Mount Currie band in the Soo Valley project and was expected to provide "confidential, strategic, and negotiating" advice to the band, said the lawsuit, but unknown to the band, Leo was also being paid $5,000 a month by Delta Lands or Coal Harbour, from January 2006 to October 2007. Leo carried on with business in the Pemberton area after the election: he submitted an application to Indian and Northern Affairs Canada that allowed 2,000 aboriginal people from across the country to work as security guards during the 2010 Olympic Winter Games. He also became partner in a joint venture with United Protection Security Group, one of three companies that made up Contemporary Security Canada (CSC), which provided security screening services at the 2010 Games. In 2011, the Mount Currie Band of the Lil'wat Nation settled the lawsuit with Lyle for $584,000. Also in 2011, Leo was hired as band manager for the Douglas (Xa'xtsa) First Nation, whose Tipella and Port Douglas reserves are located at the northern end of Harrison Lake. He later became the economic development officer of the Xaxli’p Development Corporation based near Lillooet, BC.

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Mount Currie
Lil'wat Nation
Harrison Lake, BC
Lillooet, BC

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Band council member
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Business development officer
Security
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CA-BC-LLJR001

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RAD, July 2008 version. Canadian Council of Archives.

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Catalogued April 2023.

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