#dripa — Public Fediverse posts
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Legal experts say the Quw’utsun Nation land decision doesn't affect private property rights, but that fear, constantly cultivated by politicians seeking more votes, has an effect. If the government of British Columbia repeals DRIPA, it will hinder reconciliation, replacing negotiation with litigation.
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#SettlerColonialism is a very hard pattern to break. People in this country called #Canada know this well. https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/briefings/changing-old-ways-doesnt-come-easy?_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9PWJyobyUvtB7wRj4Oi4uX6KcF7BxXXaoKHLB2n30PZkFdMaqEnkEstwHBikdJkzGH8JxV1Z3Y3-f6cfoNBtxYsb512w&_hsmi=16085228
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Province Pulls Back on Suspending Indigenous Rights Law Amidst Fierce Opposition
BC government will not suspend Indigenous Rights Law (DRIPA) this session after strong opposition from First Nations and internal concerns. Learn what this means.
#BCPolitics, #IndigenousRights, #DRIPA, #FirstNations, #DavidEby
https://newsletter.tf/bc-government-stops-suspending-indigenous-rights-law/
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The BC government will not suspend the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (DRIPA) this session. This is a change from their earlier plan to pause key parts of the law.
#BCPolitics, #IndigenousRights, #DRIPA, #FirstNations, #DavidEby
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The Declaration Act is about human rights
Premier David Eby and the BC government are breaking their commitment and planning to amend the Declaration Act by undermining Indigenous peoples' right to hold the government accountable in court.
Please add your voice to the call to support Indigenous human rights and send your MLA a message today.
https://www.bcafn.ca/the-declaration-act-is-about-human-rights
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@Mannanan Sen̓áḵw for Cowichan?
The Cowichan decision does not demand the surrender of fee-simple lands, it demands Richmond and Prov of BC negotiate a resolution.
I'm guessing if the Cowichan were offered publicly owned land that could establish what Squamish were provided to establish a Cowichan "Sen̓áḵw", that issue would be resolved.
But Richmond and Prov of BC would rather force years of uncertainty than to face the responsibility history has laid at their feet.
Cowichan housing success would lay bare Richmond and the prov's inability to resolve these issues.
#BCPoli #FirstNations #DRIPA #DavidEby #Cowichan #RichmondBC #UNDRIP
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*I think Eby's the current, problematic BC politician in Premier power role. The core problem is that #BCNDP haven't really respected #IndigenousRights for a long time. Their caucus became too whipped under Horgan & that's continued under Eby - who was groomed by the former neoliberal in charge of BC policies.*
Grand Chief Stewart Phillip of the Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs says the NDP has a “colossal” leadership problem, and if it doesn’t move on from Premier David Eby, the party could be doomed for decades. “I think the problem is Premier Eby,” he said at a Friday morning news conference in Vancouver held by Indigenous leaders opposed to a proposed suspension of parts of the Declaration on the Rights of #IndigenousPeoples Act (DRIPA).
Phillip spoke alongside the #FirstNations Leadership Council, which is made up of members of the B.C. Assembly of First Nations, the First Nations Summit and the Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs. The groups held a joint news conference in Vancouver on Friday (April 10), slamming the B.C. NDP government’s DRIPA suspension plan, a move the council had called a “unilateral betrayal” on Thursday. #DRIPA is a 2019 B.C. law that formally commits the province to aligning its laws with the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples ( #UNDRIP ), which affirms the right to #SelfDetermination for #Indigenous peoples worldwide.
Read more at: https://saanichnews.com/2026/04/10/the-problem-is-premier-eby-b-c-ndps-leadership-taken-to-task-over-dripa/
#BCpoli #DavidEby #LandBack #NoConsent #Capitalism #Colonialism #DecolonizeYourMind #Decolonization #CanadaIsAllNativeLand #BCGovernment #SueTheGovernment
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The breathtaking hypocrisy of the howls for “rule of law”
For most of Canada’s history, the rule of law has been openly flouted when it comes to Indigenous land and rights.
#BCPoli #FirstNations #DRIPA #DavidEby #Cowichan #RichmondBC #UNDRIP
https://policyoptions.irpp.org/2020/02/the-breathtaking-hypocrisy-of-the-howls-for-rule-of-law/
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@Mannanan
The conservative voices vilifying the Cowichan decision, arguing it removes property rights is full of contradictions.The court established that the Cowichan tribe proved they had exclusively occupied Lulu Island for generations, -> "owned"
In arguing against the Cowichan, conservative voices are saying government should have the right to take control of land who's use and ownership is established and obvious. and use if for their own gain?
Isn't this precisely the opposite of conservative philosophy?
The property rights noise is a pathetic effort to game ignorance anger prejudice and division for political gain.
#BCPoli #FirstNations #DRIPA #DavidEby #Cowichan #RichmondBC #UNDRIP
https://www.mltaikins.com/insights/what-is-the-cowichan-decision-and-why-is-everyone-so-worked-up/ -
#Intervenors representing the #FirstNations #LeadershipCouncil , 4 #Indigenous nations, 6 #environmental & #CommunityGroups & 2 #mineral #exploration #businesses will be in #BCCourt today to make their #legal arguments #opposing #BritishColumbia current legal #regime for granting #MineralRights .
The case is the #first to substantively interpret BC's #LegalObligations under Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act ( #DRIPA )
https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/intervenors-join-gitxaala-in-court-to-argue-against-bc-s-mineral-claim-regime-802643438.html