The Heiltsuk First Nation has launched a Charter challenge lawsuit against the RCMP in B.C. Supreme Court for what it says is failing to enforce band council bylaws.
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The lawsuit claims the force’s ongoing failure to enforce trespass bylaws on Heiltsuk reserve lands duly enacted under the Indian Act “amounts to unequal and discriminatory treatment that infringes theirThe nation, joined by Grand Chief Stewart Phillip of the Union of BC Indian Chiefs, stated on Tuesday morning that the RCMP’s failure to enforce is a Canada-wide problem that “erodes the rule of law in First Nations communities, exacerbates systemic problems involving substance abuse, mental...
The nation said that without enforcement by the RCMP, offenders feel like they can act freely without fear of accountability. “The RCMP’s failure of enforcement is racist and discriminatory, and it violates the Charter of Rights and Freedoms,” Phillip said in a statement. “They have no problem enforcing bylaws to keep non-Indigenous Canadians and businesses safe, but when it comes to Indigenous people, they have an illegal double standard. We stand with the Heiltsuk Nation in calling on the RCMP to enforce First Nations’ bylaws across Canada.”‘I thought he was going to kill me’: Video captures unprovoked attack on VPD officerNigerian-born farmer on a mission to build food security for B.C.’s Black communityB.C.
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