Rustad said if his party wins the provincial election, B.C. would partner with First Nations and 'unleash the potential' for prosperity through mining, forestry and other resource projects.
Conservative Leader John Rustad speaks during a campaign stop at a condo construction site, in Surrey, B.C., on Friday, Sept. 27, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
All three party leaders turned their attention to First Nations on Monday on the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. The party has previously said the declaration should not be “an obstacle to development, but as a guiding principle for recognizing Indigenous rights and aspirations.” He said First Nations would return to the barricades to defend their lands from logging, mining, and oil and gas production.
In a statement Monday, the Greens said “we understand the discomfort that some British Columbians feel about our history, but there is no moral path for the continued denial of Aboriginal rights and title, it is a socially reprehensible and legally fraught position. Eby sat in the front row with his family at the Orange Shirt Day event at UBC, while listening to Indigenous people relay their experiences about attending residential schools or other hardships they went through under colonial rule.
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