By Wolfgang Depner and Marissa Birnie First Nations leaders say the British Columbia New Democrat’s plans to suspend sections of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act has hurt their relationship with the government. The First Nations Leadership Council said Premier David Eby has “broken the trust” built by his late predecessor, John Horgan, and First Nations. The council said in a statement released Thursday that the NDP government’s plans to suspend parts of the declaration act represent a “unilateral betrayal” designed to pave the way for its repeal. The suspension, which was announced to First Nations leaders by Eby last week, is “an abandonment of the province’s commitment to principled reconciliation, as well as serving to create a climate of uncertainty,” the statement said. The scathing response…
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