US EditionLegislation to suspend parts of DRIPA won’t be a confidence vote, B.C. gov’t says
The move follows internal NDP dissent and First Nations backlash, as more than 10 MLAs opposed the plan at a weekend caucus meeting.
- On Monday, Premier David Eby announced the B.C. government will table legislation this spring to suspend parts of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act for three years, abandoning plans to make the bill a confidence vote.
- Eby retreated after NDP MLA Joan Phillip, one of three Indigenous caucus members, indicated she could not support the proposed amendments, threatening the government's slim one-seat majority.
- A December Court of Appeal decision involving the Gitxaała First Nation prompted the move, as Justice Gail Dickson ruled the province must incorporate UNDRIP into law with "immediate legal effect."
- Indigenous leaders condemned the plan at a Vancouver news conference, with the First Nations Leadership Council calling it an "absolute betrayal" that will deepen reconciliation divisions across more than 200 communities.
- Seeking support from opposition members, Eby now hopes to pass the legislation with backing from Independent MLAs Elenore Sturko and Amelia Boultbee, who confirmed the government has reached out to them.
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Pause of Indigenous rights act won’t be confidence vote, B.C. election prospect fades
The prospect of an early election in British Columbia is receding after the government announced that legislation to suspend parts of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act will no longer be a confidence vote.
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DRIPA pause won't be confidence vote, B.C. election prospect recedes
The prospect of an early election in British Columbia is receding after the government announced that legislation to suspend parts of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act will no longer be a confidence vote.
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