B.C. is becoming a wolf in sheep’s clothing on Indigenous rights – The Globe and Mail

Mar 26, 2026

“British Columbia used to be a province that seemed more enlightened than anywhere else in Canada.

It was the first province to align itself with the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP), introducing the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (DRIPA) in November, 2019, two years before Canada’s UNDRIP legislation became law.

Now, the realities of that decision – of promising free, prior and informed consent to Indigenous peoples – have apparently spooked B.C. Premier David Eby into thinking he can dial back human-rights legislation when there is public outcry.

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