US EditionIndigenous Act can be repealed in days if Eby recalls legislature: Opposition leader
The B.C. Conservatives say repealing the act within days could prevent legal uncertainty after a court ruled the mineral claims law conflicts with the UN Declaration on Indigenous Peoples.
- Trevor Halford, interim leader of the Conservative Party of B.C., says the Declaration on the Rights of the Indigenous Peoples Act can be repealed in days if Premier David Eby recalls the British Columbia legislature immediately.
- A court found B.C.'s mineral-claims regime inconsistent with the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and urged the provincial declaration be properly interpreted to incorporate UNDRIP immediately.
- The Conservative Party of B.C. says the ruling is causing `uncertainty` and `chaos` and has sent a letter to Premier David Eby requesting a recall to co-operate on repealing the law quickly.
- Premier David Eby said after the ruling came out on Friday that his government is open to amending the legislation, while Halford called waiting until the next session an `abdication of leadership`.
- The ruling said the Crown has a duty to address inconsistencies between the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and B.C. laws, creating legal pressure on the legislature and mineral-claims regime.
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The B.C. Conservatives are calling on Premier David Eby to recall the legislature before Christmas to repeal the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act, days after the B.C. Court of Appeal ruled that the provincial legislation was legally enforceable.
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Indigenous Act can be repealed in days if Eby recalls legislature: Opposition leader
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Indigenous Act can be repealed in days if Eby recalls legislature: Opposition leader – Energeticcity.ca
VICTORIA — The interim leader of the Conservative Party of B.C. says the Declaration on the Rights of the Indigenous Peoples Act can be repealed in a few days, if Premier David Eby immediately recalls the provincial legislature. Trevor Halford says British Columbia cannot wait until February to repeal the legislation, following a court ruling that found the province’s mineral claims regime was “inconsistent” with the United Nations Declaration o…
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