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By Wolfgang Depner An annual gathering of municipal leaders from across British Columbia is underway with the province’s Indigenous rights legislation high on the agenda, along with housing and public safety, among other topics. The Union of B.C. Municipalities convention runs until Friday in Vancouver and president Cori Ramsay said the future of B.C.’s Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act would be top of mind for many of the nearly 2,000 expected delegates. “I think it’s going to draw a ton of attention,” she said of a session on Tuesday to serve as a platform for both supporters and critics of the legislation. The convention program describes the session as bringing together various perspectives, with presenters including legal experts, the chiefs of two First Nations, and Laura Jones,… <\/p>\n

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By Wolfgang Depner An annual gathering of municipal leaders from across British Columbia is underway with the province’s Indigenous rights legislation high on the agenda, along with housing and public safety, among other topics. The Union of B.C. Municipalities convention runs until Friday in Vancouver and president Cori Ramsay said the future of B.C.’s Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act would be top of mind for many of the nearly 2,000 expected delegates. “I think it’s going to draw a ton of attention,” she said of a session on Tuesday to serve as a platform for both supporters and critics of the legislation. The convention program describes the session as bringing together various perspectives, with presenters including legal experts, the chiefs of two First Nations, and Laura Jones,... <\/p>\n

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