Caroline Elliott on X - "🚨David Eby: Repeal UNDRIP or Resign🚨 This decision is a *game-changer.* Every piece of legislation in BC must now be interpreted through the lens of UNDRIP (previously it was a non-binding instrument)... with *immediate* effect. We simply can't have the province run by 200+ small governments that have no democratic relationship to 95% plus of BC citizens. Our economy will be unworkable. BC will be ungovernable. ...and... keep in mind... this is the *same* Court that will hear the Cowichan appeal."
michelle stirling on X - "In June of 2023, Justice Canada said all Canadian laws will be aligned w UNDRIP"
Dallas Brodie on X - "The Court of Appeal has ruled that B.C.’s mineral claims regime under the Mineral Tenure Act violates UNDRIP and must be brought into line — all because the NDP and BC Liberals unanimously voted DRIPA into law in 2019. And politicians and judges will keep doing this. They will keep rewriting your laws, undermining your property rights, and handing veto power to unaccountable tribal leaders — until we stop them. How?
1.Repeal UNDRIP. The Premier must do that immediately, to stop the bleeding.
2.Defund the reconciliation industry. We shouldn’t bankroll tribal chiefs and their lawyers to dismantle the laws that protect us all.
3.Extinguish aboriginal title. To stop courts from giving away private homes and public resources, section 35 must be removed from the Constitution Act, 1982.
The path we are on is not only completely unworkable. It’s completely unnecessary. The settlement and construction of Canada was a great achievement for all its citizens. There is no debt to repay. Nothing to reconcile. We don’t need to unwind the country. We need to rebalance it upon the foundation of equal rights and opportunities for all."
Eby says B.C. may revise DRIPA legislation, worries court is 'in driver's seat' - "B.C. Premier David Eby says he is open to revising the province's Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (DRIPA). His comments come after the B.C. Court of Appeal found that the legislation is incompatible with the province's current system used to grant mineral rights. The ruling, released Friday, was in response to a legal challenge from the Gitxaała and Ehaattesaht First Nations against the province... The provincial DRIPA legislation, which was intended to incorporate UNDRIP, was adopted by the province with unanimous support from all parties in the B.C. legislature in 2019."
Virtue signalling has very real consequences
B.C. to amend Indigenous rights act after court ruling on mineral claims - The Globe and Mail - "British Columbia’s NDP government will amend its landmark reconciliation law, the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act, in response to a BC Court of Appeal decision that found the province’s mineral claims regime is “inconsistent” with the requirements of DRIPA... Mr. Eby told reporters his government will amend DRIPA, although he rejects calls from the opposition to repeal the law entirely... As Canada and the provinces seek to quickly advance major resource projects in response to international trade instability, those commitments to seek consent will be tested. The provincial government is working to secure tens of billions of dollars in new mining investments. Critical mineral mining is a centrepiece of B.C.’s economic plan."
The extreme ideology behind B.C.’s radical reconciliation agenda - "British Columbians are understandably perplexed as to why their provincial government is going headlong down an economically devastating, undemocratic and divisive “reconciliation” path that is so obviously counter to the public interest. But the reason is simple, and it’s in plain view for anyone who cares to look. Premier David Eby has surrounded himself with advisors who fervently believe in a radical ideology that sees the drastic reshaping of our society as a moral imperative. One advisor has even suggested that Canada’s formation is analogous to an “original sin,” and his recipe for redemption demands — in his own words — turbulence, rupture, sacrifice, pain, and the utter transformation of human affairs. Understanding this alarming worldview is necessary for anyone concerned with where things are headed on the reconciliation front. In early November, Eby came as close as he’s ever been to revealing the “original sin” mentality behind his agenda, stating in a video that changes resulting from B.C.’s Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (DRIPA) are “about correcting that original colonial mistake.”... Current Indigenous relations minister Spencer Chandra Herbert, in reference to 1.2 million acres of public land on the Sunshine Coast, has said, “if it’s (shíshálh Nation’s) land, they get to make decisions on it.” And Eby’s previous Indigenous relations minister, Christine Boyle, is a staunch believer in the “LandBack” movement, an initiative that has been critical of Canada and the provinces’ “stubborn insistence… that they own the land” and that holds that change must involve “Canada ceding real jurisdiction to Indigenous peoples.” Another B.C. NDP MLA, Rohini Arora, suggested in the legislature that non-Indigenous British Columbians are “settlers,” “colonizers,” and “uninvited guests,” to the applause of her colleagues. Eby and his reconciliation advisors are fiercely committed to an atonement project of massive proportions for an “original sin” they believe mars the very conception of this country. Expiation will require turbulent and painful change that renders obsolete our “cherished habits.” And they will undertake “persistent and audacious” efforts aimed at a drastic reorganization of human affairs to achieve it. Only when we understand the ideology underlying the B.C. government’s radical reconciliation agenda can we comprehend where things are going. And right now, we’re being zealously led towards an ungovernable province in pursuit of absolution."
When you're open about wanting to destroy the country
Eby says he might revise DRIPA : r/ilovebc - "Idiots electing idiots. Will British Columbians wait until the entire province is ceded away?"
"Surprised how many people in bc voted ndp."
"It’s actually kind of funny. People are always saying the cons want to privatize healthcare and sell off all our public institutions, meanwhile the NDP are over here literally trying to give away an entire province 😂"
DRIPA is a red herring because the same shit is happening in New Brunsiwck- which does not have such legislation in place. : r/ilovebc - "People shitting on me for this - I don't think DRIPA is a good piece of legislation, I'm pointing out that the courts literally made up everything that led up to this. You can read the full text of the legislation here.
https://www.bclaws.gov.bc.ca/civix/document/id/complete/statreg/19044
The courts used the fact that:
Property Rights are not inherently protected under the charter.
They can just declare certain rights as "superior"/"inferior" anyways
To lead to this point.
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To fix this, you would either need to pack the courts, or pass a constitutional amendment to put property rights in the Charter and to explicitly write that indigenous claims do not supersede private/public claims. Repealing DRIPA alone would change very little."
Coastal First Nations is an activist group, they have no pipeline veto : r/ilovebc - "Connected to the Tides Foundation funded by billionaire Americans. I suspect their sole goal is to ensure discounted Canadian oil flows to American exporters for an easy billion dollar profit. They hide behind an environmental benefit but the outcome of their activism is profit for American corporations. I believe this is their agenda."
The Vancouver School Board had to sell school land in a 99 year lease for $8.5 million because they needed the money. Meanwhile, the BC NDP has $18 million of our tax dollars from the FIFA budget to give to local First Nations without any clear justification as to why. How is this okay? : r/VancouverLandlords - "The Vancouver School Board had to sell school land in a 99 year lease for $8.5 million. Children in Vancouver are losing a basketball court, and valuable land to play on, because the Vancouver School Board, as with all school boards, needed more money to deliver services. The BC NDP did not step in with $8.5 million to save this school land. In fact, this sale was done with the approval of the BC NDP government. However, we're learning that the BC NDP is now giving $18 million of the FIFA budget, which comes from our tax dollars, to local First Nations without providing a clear, publicly articulated rationale for this expenditure. The Musqueam Nation, as per the report, appears to be getting a new soccer field. How did the BC NDP not have $8.5 million of our tax dollars to save precious public school land that children from all cultures and creeds can play on... but they somehow have $18 million of our tax dollars to give away to local First Nations in exchange for nothing? The local nations which are getting new taxpayer funded soccer fields, are among the wealthiest in the entire country. The government has already endowed them with billions of dollars in money and assets which are supposed to generate income so they can pay for their own on-reserve infrastructure such as soccer fields. These 3 nations are already amongst the largest landlords and developers in the city. This makes no sense. How is this okay?"
More questions about FIFA costs as host First Nations receive $6M each - "Questions are being raised about payments that were made to the three host First Nations of the 2026 FIFA World Cup. Global News has learned that $18 million has been paid to the Musqueam Indian Band, Squamish Nation and Tsleil-Waututh Nation, with each getting $6 million. However, there is no mention of any specific conditions attached to the money. Musqueam Chief Wayne Sparrow said the money does come with clear guidelines for spending and that his community will be consulted; however, he did not elaborate further... B.C.’s minister of tourism, arts and culture said she could not speak to specific details without the First Nations present."
Meme - "John A. MacDonald owned zero slaves. BC First Nations owned thousands of slaves"
First Nation seeks Aboriginal title over B.C. area, including Kamloops and Sun Peaks - "As a major example of the high degree of secrecy and large scope of the claims that are working through the judicial system behind the scenes, Sturko shared that the Secwepemc First Nation first filed a Notice of Civil Claim in September 2015 seeking a declaration of Aboriginal title to all or part of their traditional territories in the B.C. Interior. This included the entirety of the City of Kamloops, a number of other municipalities, Sun Peaks Resort, roads, railways, and privately owned tenures of many types — including fee simple grants, mineral tenures, and many other Crown-granted interests. The municipal jurisdiction of the City of Kamloops alone spans nearly 300 sq. km. — more than two and a half times the size of the City of Vancouver — and is home to over 100,000 people... They assert their traditional territory covers a much larger area — far beyond their claim area — of about 180,000 sq. km, which is nearly 20 per cent of the entire land area of B.C. The Secwepemc First Nation asserts this area is roughly framed by “Ashcroft on the Thompson River and an area west of the Fraser River to Quesnel in the north, then east to Windemere, then along the northern part of the Arrow Lakes to the Salmon River and Enderby, and then to the Logan Lake Plateau south of Kamloops and back to Ashcroft.” However, there are likely substantial overlaps with the traditional territories deemed by other First Nations in this area... the provincial government also questioned the historical basis for the Secwepemc First Nation’s Aboriginal title across such a vast area. “Aboriginal people speaking the Secwepemc language lived in bands which were comprised of loosely knit networks of extended families and households which were not politically unified or organized,” states the response, adding that their ancestors “opportunistically hunted, fished and gathered for sustenance” and did not have “exclusive occupation” of the entire territory. Similar arguments were made by the Musqueam Indian Band and Tsawwassen First Nation, who were the defendants in the Cowichan Tribes case in Richmond. Both First Nations disputed the existence and legitimacy of the Vancouver Island-based First Nation, which asserted they had a summertime village on the Fraser River in southeast Richmond... Premier Eby gathered with First Nations leaders across the province in Vancouver and signed the North Coast Protection Declaration, which the B.C. NDP-led provincial government heralds as an agreement that upholds the idea that environmental conservation, Indigenous rights objectives, and economic prosperity go hand-in-hand, including urging a federal ban on large crude-oil tanker ships since 2019 should be made permanent. Independent MLA Jordan Kealy for the riding of Peace River North has sharply rebuked the declaration signed with “a handful of First Nations chiefs,” asserting that it is an affront to the democratic process, as no public consultation was performed, and it did not go through the legislature. He asserts Alberta will simply work to push more of its oil exports south to the United States, with B.C. forfeiting the potential revenue and economic benefits... “Our premier is helping Ottawa and a few coastal elites lock Alberta and Northern B.C. out of the ocean, block our export routes, and kill off future jobs, all while pretending it’s about ‘protection.’ Whose protection? Not ours. Not the working people in Fort St. John, Dawson Creek, Chetwynd, or any other northern communities who depend on energy, forestry, and resource jobs,” wrote Kealy in a statement. “Eby and a few chiefs get to claim ‘shared governance’, but what they’re really doing is setting a dangerous precedent that will hurt the entire province, and country, moving forward. The fact that a few politicians and hereditary leaders can shut down national development without the consent of the people, is a completely wrong approach for the whole of the province and even Canada. It’s Canada’s coast too, not strictly B.C.’s.” “This action shows an overpowering, heavy-handed approach that we do not need, and David Eby is using this power in a dangerous way. First Nations and non-Indigenous workers alike are going to pay the price. The North will see fewer pipelines, fewer tankers, fewer paycheques and more division. This isn’t leadership, it’s sabotage dressed up as reconciliation.” Kealy further suggested that if the provincial government continues its current policy approach and style of governance, B.C. will be “left behind, broke, divided, and wondering how we lost control of our own future.” Similar to the concerns raised by Sturko, Kealy says any new “declaration” in the future should go through the legislature and include public consultation. But all signs point to the B.C. NDP-led provincial government continuing its approach of expanding its reconciliation measures in secrecy. Just last month, the provincial government also proposed eliminating the referendum requirement in Vancouver for transferring parkland to First Nations — one of the several key conditions for the City of Vancouver to abolish the Vancouver Park Board, raising questions about democratic safeguards around land transfers.As well, the provincial government recently proposed legislation to enable municipal governments to hold secret meetings and negotiations with First Nations for confidential matters and cultural sensitivity purposes."
Weird. Some left wingers claimed private property would not be affected
The pieces of Canada that could be declared Aboriginal land next - "B.C. Premier David Eby, for one, has warned that the precedent set in the British Columbia Supreme Court decision could just as easily apply to other cities across Canada. While much of the country is built atop land that was ceded to the Crown in treaties, millions of hectares still fit the definition of “unceded.” That is, the Indigenous groups occupying the land prior to European settlement never formally surrendered control to the Crown. This describes much of B.C. and Quebec, the entirety of Prince Edward Island and much of Newfoundland and Labrador. In addition, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia are both governed by 18th century “peace and friendship” treaties that, unlike later treaties, didn’t specifically extinguish Aboriginal title. As Eby told reporters earlier this month, “there are many examples across the province, and across the country, where Indigenous people were displaced from land illegally, wrongly, unjustly, where there are now fee simple property owners that operate businesses or live in homes.”... Port Coquitlam mayor Brad West issued a public statement saying he would “vigorously defend” private property rights against an Aboriginal title claim by the Kwikwetlem First Nation... Just as in the Cowichan Tribes case, the First Nations pursuing the Kamloops claim have said they have no intention of seizing homes from private landowners. Nevertheless, they remain open to the idea that large swaths of Kamloops could simply wake up one morning under their jurisdiction... On Oct. 24, the Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg First Nation filed a claim to eight areas surrounding Gatineau, the Quebec city directly across the river from Ottawa... like the Cowichan decision, the case isn’t just based on a claim of traditional territory. Rather, the Kitigan Zibi are claiming the breach of an existing contract with the Crown... In 2021, six New Brunswick First Nations collectively forming the Wolastoqey Nation filed a claim seeking Aboriginal title over more than 50 per cent of New Brunswick. Naturally, such a massive claim encompassed hundreds of private and industrial landowners."
B.C. company loses lender, tenant for development after Cowichan ruling | Vancouver Sun - " Montrose Property Holdings, which develops industrial warehouses on land it owns, some of it in the Aboriginal claims area, said it had been in “advanced discussions” with the lender which it had successfully dealt with several times before, and a prospective tenant... The company said discussions have also ceased for the same reason with companies such as Fortis and Enbridge to develop a facility to capture landfill gas, rather than flare it. Those discussions had been underway for six years."
Cowichan case blamed for sinking B.C. property deals, including luxury hotel purchase - "An Ontario company that put down a deposit to buy a luxury hotel in Richmond, B.C., pulled out of the deal worth tens of millions of dollars weeks later because of “uncertainty” caused by the landmark Cowichan Tribes Aboriginal title ruling, according to the marketers of the property. Court documents show that the 14-storey Versante Hotel, close to Vancouver International Airport, was instead bought by a Hong Kong purchaser in October for the lower price of $51.5 million... It’s not the only major deal in Richmond said to have been sunk by the ruling, with the biggest owner of private land in the title area also blaming the case for the failure of two projects... While the tribes did not lay claim to privately owned property, critics fear the ruling could undermine private land ownership across B.C. – known as “fee simple” title – because the judge said sections of the Land Title Act that establish fee-simple title as “indefeasible” do not apply to Aboriginal title... Thomas Isaac, chair of the Aboriginal law group at Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP, said that while the Cowichan Tribes may not be claiming private land in the title area, the nation could also “change their mind” in the future. “But that doesn’t deal with the uncertainty created by the decision. It’s almost irrelevant whether they want people’s property or not, based on the decision. It’s the fact that they could potentially get it,” said Isaac. He said the ruling that B.C.’s Land Title Act doesn’t apply to Aboriginal title lands is “devastating” to landowners... Isaac said the courts needed to “confirm that indefeasible title remains indefeasible,” or the province should support an amendment to the Constitution to protect indefeasible title."
Burnaby man seeks damages from BC, Canada over Cowichan Tribes ruling | Vancouver Sun - "A Burnaby resident says he is launching a proposed class-action lawsuit to seek damages over B.C. and Canada’s handling of Aboriginal land claims because of the uncertainty created around private land ownership. J.R. Rampee Grewal said he is concerned that a recent B.C. Supreme Court ruling that granted the Cowichan Tribes Aboriginal title to lands in Richmond will have ramifications for private land holders throughout B.C. That ruling is being appealed by B.C., Canada, the City of Richmond, and the Musqueam and Tsawwassen First Nations. “Sooner or later, it’s going to affect everybody,” says Grewal, who owns a home in Burnaby and runs a hazardous waste material removal business... “The defendants, despite having long-standing internal knowledge of material risks to land security — given unresolved Indigenous claims to title — continue to assure the public the title registered under the Land Title Act was safe, marketable and free from material qualification,” alleges the proposed class-action suit. “By maintaining these representations and collecting taxes, fees and charges based on inflated or misinformed property values, the defendants caused economic and psychological harm to the plaintiffs and class members.”... The suit also seeks punitive damages and a declaration that B.C. and Canada’s conduct was unlawful and contrary to their duties of good faith. It also calls for a full disclosure of known risks affecting registered property in B.C."
New 28-storey Broadway rental tower pivots to Indigenous-only medical care hotel : r/ilovebc - "David Eby, a modern day segregationist, approves this message 👍🙏"
New 28-storey Broadway rental tower pivots to Indigenous-only medical care hotel : r/ilovebc - "Thus will pay a lot better than renting them to working people.. yhe government has unlimited funds.."
First Nation seeks Aboriginal title over Coquitlam and Port Coquitlam areas | Urbanized : r/ilovebc - "What do people think will be the endgame? I can’t see people agreeing to paying taxes to FN. For example, I also can’t see UBC giving up their particle accelerator and other holdings so that the Musqueam can continue their cultural education and traditional ways of life. But constitutional amendment seems equally impossible 🤷♂️"
"All land not under treaty (so most of BC) will be handed to FN. Either owners of fee simple property will be paid out by the government and the property given to FN, or FN will be paid the value of the property. We will all pay our taxes to our local FN, and democracy will be over. We will be barred from entering many parks and outdoor areas (crown land will not exist). In the Lower Mainland prior to European colonization, FN worked an average of 4-6 weeks per year (I learned this in a FN lead course), and spent the rest of the time doing ceremonies and gatherings. I presume the slaves (15-50% of the population) worked year round."
"we don't talk enough about the FN having slaves. We need to keep bringing this up so that each FN can start asking each other for reparations."
"and the Americans will invade and won't be stopped lol...BC will become the 51st state."
"HAHAHAHA It's never going to end"
"Can they at least do us a favor, and claim ownership of the provincial and federal parliment land?"
"ironically the land the Leg is sitting on is some of the ONLY ceeded treaty land in the province (douglas treaty)."
"If recent activity in Ontario is any indication, they'll just claim the treaty is invalid and try for it anyway. "
Weird. Left wingers kept telling us this wouldn't happen
David Eby on X - "Reconciliation strengthens BC’s economy and our communities. We reject racist, anti-indigenous rhetoric — and we’ll continue working in true partnership with First Nations to deliver jobs, certainty and prosperity for all British Columbians."
Dallas Brodie on X - "Or maybe you’re panicking because people are realizing that they’ve been sold a lie? Reconciliation lines the pockets of a small circle of opportunistic chiefs, lawyers, developers, and consultants. It does nothing for ordinary indigenous people and it undermines the foundations for prosperity—the rule of law and private property rights. OneBC will wipe the slate clean and restore hope in our future."
First Nation seeks Aboriginal title over Coquitlam and Port Coquitlam areas | Urbanized : r/ilovebc - "The absolute most annoying thing about this case is how Metro Vancouver has handled it with the Kwikwetlem band. A section of the Home Farm Dyke Trail runs adjacent to the 'Coquitlam 1 Indian Reservation' and is used as a road by the Kwikwetlem band. During the Covid-19 pandemic, the Kwikwetlem band barricaded the road to the indian reservation, starting at a portion of the road within the park. As a result, Metro Vancouver closed that section of the Home Farm Dyke Trail. Ok, not a crazy big deal for any reasonable person. But now the pandemic is over but that trail is still closed. The Home Farm Dyke Trail is the only east-west cycle trail in that area so cyclists are forced to walk their bikes along a narrow trail only meant for pedestrians and then haul it up a steep set of stairs, which most elderly cyclists with e-bikes cannot do. Only after some complaints, was that section opened for wheelchair users and strollers, but nobody else. Even then, the wheelchair users would have to move some barriers to actually use the trail. Metro Vancouver has said they were going to resolve the situation but nothing has been done for years at this point. You can see the closure in this map: https://metrovancouver.org/services/regional-parks/Documents/colony-farm-regional-park-map.pdf My personal opinion of the situation is that the Kwikwetlem are straight up jerks. Part of their yards and developments already spill into the park's boundary and who the hell tries to prevent cyclists? Not to mention the fact that they also tried to prevent Widgeon Marsh Regional Park until they got their share of taxpayer money. Widgeon Marsh had been planned since the late 80's with the first property acquisition happening in 1992 and yet the Kwikwetlem band only decided to oppose the park in 2021 after Metro went to them nicely and asked for feedback and to have some indigenous signage in the park. Why would Metro ever want to reach out them again if they are such assholes to deal with? Of course none of this is ever covered in the media so every idiot on reddit thinks it's just some "extreme alt-right American MAGA conspiracy theory" or whatever dumb shit they say to deny what's actually happening."
BlendrNews on X - "The Infantilization of Indigenous Culture Has Become a Shield for Corruption
No serious country would funnel billions into reserves year after year while families still live in mouldy homes and boil their water because local leadership can’t keep a treatment plant running. Yet Canada treats this as normal and untouchable. And it’s not just budgets. In Richmond, B.C., private property is now being seized because a tribe fished there centuries ago. That isn’t reconciliation; it’s rewriting property rights on the basis of political mythology. Which leads to the obvious question no one in Ottawa will touch: if Indigenous reserves are self-governing )and they are) how can Canadians be blamed for the outcomes inside them? Either these communities govern themselves or they don’t. Authority comes with responsibility. You can’t demand full autonomy and then deflect all accountability."
John Rustad on X - "If any municipality in British Columbia allowed an illegal dump to grow for fifteen years, they’d be fined into oblivion. If a private landowner ignored this level of contamination, the province would hammer them with penalties and force them to pay every cent of remediation. But when it happens on Cowichan land, suddenly every official pretends their hands are tied and the taxpayer becomes the default ATM. #cdnpoli #bcpoli"
Khelsilem, a former elected councillor of the Squamish Nation, proposes that BC establish dedicated seats in the Provincial Legislature that would be elected by First Nations voters. : r/VancouverLandlords
Some animals are more equal than others
Hodgson apologizes for saying Coastal First Nations could meet by Zoom
Isn't it racist to say Indigenous people don't know how to use technology? Aren't we told that business travel is pointless and harms the environment since covid taught us we could meet virtually?
B.C. Coastal First Nations dismiss any pipeline MOU, vow it will ‘never be built’ : r/canada - "Double whammy. Yes we will block Canada from increasing economic activity and raising revenue, and yes we will continue to demand part of the 30 some odd billion that Canada hands out to us every year."
