UNDRIP

• B.C. government scrapping proposed Land Act amendments

  B.C. was in the midst of public consultations over changes to the act, which would have allowed it to craft shared decision-making agreements with First Nations over land use.

  Politics

  Feb 21
  
• Local First Nations call for representation on Vancouver Police Board

  Two board spaces have opened in the last year amid high-profile resignations, and Vancouver First Nations say reconciliation calls for their members to fill the gaps.

  Politics

  Feb 14
  
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• Ottawa’s action plan to implement UNDRIP released: ‘A historic moment’

  Its release coincided with the country marking National Indigenous Peoples Day, and followed feedback it received on a draft of the plan in April. 

  Canada

  Jun 21, 2023
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• $200M UNDRIP fund will empower First Nations in B.C., Indigenous leaders say

  Indigenous leaders say a $200-million B.C. government fund will help First Nations participate fully implementing the U. N. Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.

  Politics

  Apr 27, 2023
• Indigenous leaders in B.C. call on government to change cannabis laws

  Leaders said Indigenous businesses are unfairly subjected to excessive taxation and onerous regulations in B.C.

  Cannabis

  Apr 20, 2023
• Enshrining UN’s Indigenous rights vow is a work in progress: Lametti

  The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples affirms the rights of Indigenous Peoples to self-determination, to their language, culture and traditional lands.

  Canada

  Apr 5, 2023
• Resource firms move ahead with UNDRIP compliance as B.C. legal changes lag

  While B.C. slogs through reforms to comply with a United Nations resolution on Indigenous rights, the private sector has been quietly embracing the benchmarks of its own accord.

  Perspectives

  Mar 12, 2023
• Wet’suwet’en land defenders apply for charges to be stayed, alleging Charter violations

  Twelve Wet’suwet’en land defenders have applied to the Supreme Court of British Columbia to have criminal contempt charges stayed.

  Canada

  Mar 2, 2023
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• Surrey, B.C. votes to support inclusion of farmland to ALR, First Nations lay land claim

  As it stands, 89 hectares of Surrey land is used to grow more than 50 million servings of vegetables for consumption every year, according to the city.

  Economy

  Feb 15, 2023
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• Union-favouring community agreement seemingly at odds with Indigenous rights in Duncan, B.C.

  Jon Coleman said his business and other Indigenous-owned companies are being sidelined on their own traditional territory.

  Canada

  Feb 5, 2023