By Shannon Waters, The Narwhal Despite weeks of growing opposition from First Nations, municipal governments and environmental organizations, B.C.’s controversial Bill 15 is now law. A tie vote in the legislature on the evening of May 28 — all 46 NDP MLAs supported the bill while 46 Conservative, Green and Independent MLAs voted against it — resulted in Speaker Raj Chouhan casting the deciding vote to pass the bill. As debate on Bill 15 drew to a close, Premier David Eby’s office welcomed representatives from the Nisga’a Lisims Government to the legislature to witness the wind down. Nisga’a Lisims President Eva Clayton met with Eby to discuss Bill 15, the Infrastructure Projects Act, and Bill 14, the Renewable Energy Projects Streamlining Act, according to a letter from Clayton released by…
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