By Chuck Chiang Elections BC has granted in-principle approval for a petition to proceed seeking the repeal of British Columbia’s Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act. The petition proponent is Harman Bhangu, transportation critic for the Opposition B.C. Conservatives, who said in a brief statement that the legislation posed a threat to private property rights and was a “disaster.” But even if the petition succeeds by getting the signatures of 10 per cent of voters in all 93 electoral districts across B.C. by Jan. 25, 2027, it is not binding. Instead, success would result in referral to the legislature to decide what to do next. The law, known as DRIPA, is designed to affirm the application of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in…
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