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By Wolfgang Depner Changing British Columbia’s Declaration on the Rights of Aboriginal Peoples Act is “non-negotiable” and it will be pushed into law, Premier David Eby said on Wednesday. “We are working with chiefs to try to find a path forward,” Eby said at an unrelated news conference in Victoria. “We have to do it, and we will do it.” Eby’s statement comes ahead of his meeting with First Nations leaders on Thursday to discuss the amendments to the so-called DRIPA legislation, which was cited by First Nations in two landmark cases last year. The Cowichan Tribes Aboriginal title decision last August sparked concerns about implications for private land ownership, while the B.C. Court of Appeal added to the uncertainty in December when it found the province’s mineral claims regime… <\/p>\n

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By Wolfgang Depner Changing British Columbia’s Declaration on the Rights of Aboriginal Peoples Act is “non-negotiable” and it will be pushed into law, Premier David Eby said on Wednesday. “We are working with chiefs to try to find a path forward,” Eby said at an unrelated news conference in Victoria. “We have to do it, and we will do it.” Eby’s statement comes ahead of his meeting with First Nations leaders on Thursday to discuss the amendments to the so-called DRIPA legislation, which was cited by First Nations in two landmark cases last year. The Cowichan Tribes Aboriginal title decision last August sparked concerns about implications for private land ownership, while the B.C. Court of Appeal added to the uncertainty in December when it found the province’s mineral claims regime... <\/p>\n

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