B.C.’s legislation adopts the declaration as the framework for reconciliation and charts a path for the province to negotiate agreements with First Nations aimed at establishing shared decision-making in their territories
B.C. Conservative Leader John Rustad , centre, is wrapped in a blanket by Carrielynn Victor, left, of the Cheam First Nation , as Leanne Quipp puts on a headband before a ceremony to mark the signing of an agreement between the government and 14 Sto:lo First Nation s in Chilliwack, B.C., on June 19, 2014.
Rustad said in a statement on the Conservatives’ website last February, that the UN declaration, known as UNDRIP, was “established for conditions in other countries – not Canada.”“As we come to Sept. 30, he’s repealing, in a way, reconciliation,” Teegee said in an interview ahead of the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. “He’s undoing a lot of the good work that many people in this province have worked toward.
“I think it bring us back to 40 years ago, maybe even longer, when the first court cases began by the Nisga'a and Calder,” he said, referring to a landmark case that led to the Supreme Court of Canada recognizing Aboriginal title in 1973. “What the heck? Why would we take this legislation? We fought hard, Indigenous communities, for our rights and recognition of those rights, and upholding social determinants of health in our communities, and this legislation helps us do that.”
“That was a key example of how free, prior, informed consent, without definition, doesn’t tell us who gets to make that decision at the end of the day,” Warbus said. The Conservative statement last February starts by saying the changes were an “assault” on private property rights and the right to access shared Crown land.
Cullen said he spoke with many people during the consultation process who were “surprised to learn that the claims being made … were not true and that there would be no impacts to tenures, renewals, private properties or access to Crown land.”
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