British Columbia Premier David Eby said his government will review a court decision that appears to show “confusion” over his government’s Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act, and will amend the legislation if necessary. Eby said the B.C. Court of Appeal ruling, in which the Gitxaala and Ehattesaht First Nations challenged the province’s mineral tenure system, “potentially puts courts in the driver’s seat instead of British Columbians.” The ruling released on Friday says the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, which the provincial law was intended to incorporate, and the mineral claims regime are “inconsistent.” The appeal ruling says the provincial law should be “properly interpreted” to incorporate UNDRIP into the laws of B.C. with immediate legal effect. The First Nations, whose appeal was allowed,… <\/p>\n
British Columbia Premier David Eby said his government will review a court decision that appears to show “confusion” over his government’s Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act, and will amend the legislation if necessary. Eby said the B.C. Court of Appeal ruling, in which the Gitxaala and Ehattesaht First Nations challenged the province’s mineral tenure system, “potentially puts courts in the driver’s seat instead of British Columbians.” The ruling released on Friday says the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, which the provincial law was intended to incorporate, and the mineral claims regime are “inconsistent.” The appeal ruling says the provincial law should be “properly interpreted” to incorporate UNDRIP into the laws of B.C. with immediate legal effect. The First Nations, whose appeal was allowed,... <\/p>\n