DRIPA

• B.C. lawyer says he’s ‘never seen this level of ineptitude and incompetence’ over DRIPA

  On Sunday, David Eby backed down again on the pausing of key parts of DRIPA scrapping plans to table a suspension bill this legislative session.

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  Apr 20
  
• B.C. politicians call for attorney general to step in after DRIPA decision

  'I am at a bit of a loss, and I think all British Colombians are, is that we have a premier that has lost control,' BC Conservative interim leader Trevor Halford told Global News.

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  Apr 20
  
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• B.C. backs down from DRIPA suspension plan

  In an open letter to B.C. MLAs, the First Nations Leadership Council said the provincial government would work to 'muster support' for the bill despite their opposition to it.

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  Apr 19
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• Legislation to suspend parts of DRIPA won’t be a confidence vote, B.C. gov’t says

  Premier David Eby said that he was staking his government on the passage of the legislation, but house leader Mike Farnworth says it won't go before the legislature this week.

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  Apr 13
• As session returns, Eby’s government faces ‘peril’ over DRIPA: political scientist

  A political analyst says British Columbia Premier David Eby faces a "moment of real peril" as legislators return to Victoria this week.

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  Apr 13
• First Nations leaders urge B.C. to uphold DRIPA: ‘We will not back down’

  'This is an historical moment for First Nations and we will not back down,' Robert Phillips, First Nations Summit Political Executive, said at a press conference on Friday.

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  Apr 10
• B.C. proposes to pause sections of DRIPA

  'This act created an action plan that allowed us to prioritize work when developed in partnership with First Nations and it has been working,' Premier David Eby said.

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  Apr 2
• DRIPA legislation will be front and centre when B.C. MLAs return to the legislature

  'We want to see a clear path forward,' Scott McInnis, Conservative MLA for Columbia River-Revelstoke and the critic for Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation, told Global News.

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  Mar 27
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• B.C. considering changes to weaken DRIPA, shares confidential letter with First Nations leaders

  The bill, known as DRIPA, requires B.C. to take "all measures" to align the rights of Indigenous Peoples with existing provincial legislation.

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  Mar 24
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• More than 100 B.C. First Nations urge Eby to uphold DRIPA or risk backslide

  The government is looking at amending DRIPA after a landmark court ruling in December that determined it was legally enforceable and not just symbolic.

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  Feb 10