Eby's DRIPA Suspension: Legal Risks & Indigenous Backlash

0:00British Columbia premier David Eby is pushing forward with the plans to suspend key parts of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act, known as DRIPPA. He says it's to dodge serious legal risks from last year's Gitzala court ruling, and he's confident his government will hold the legislatures. Confidence to make it happen. That ruling from the BC. Supreme Court demands DRIPPA fully weave in the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples with immediate legal force across. Provincial laws. Eby calls this a major litigation threat, so his move buys time for the Supreme Court of Canada to hear an appeal. First nation's leaders are firing back hard, with some calling the plan a straight up attrail of hard one progress. It's putting real pressure on the three indigenous members of Eby's new Democratic Party caucus, including calls for them to vote no or step aside. One MLA's husband, a grand chief, labeled it an absolute breach of their decade-long relationship.

1:01Eby shifted gears last week, dropping an outright amendment idea in favor of this temporary suspension, which he sees as the least disruptive fix. While the courts sorted out, tensions are high as the vote looms, but Eby bets his team stays united to shield the province from a flood of lawsuits. You've been listening to Canada News today. AI-powered local news.