MLA says marriage can weather Bill 15. What of Eby’s relationship with First Nations?

By Wolfgang Depner Grand Chief Stewart Phillip is among the fiercest critics of the British Columbia government’s planned legislation to fast track infrastructure projects, saying their development “flouted First Nations’ basic human rights.” His wife, Joan Phillip, says she’ll be voting for the bills on Wednesday as a member of Premier David Eby’s government. She said Monday that she doesn’t talk too much “shop” with her husband. “We have been married for 40 years, going on 41 years, and we have known each other longer,” she said. “So I think we will weather this.” The bigger question is if the government’s relationship with First Nations is just as sturdy, amid condemnation of bills 14 and 15, which the government says are needed to respond to the threat of United States…

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