B.C. premier faces pressure over proposed changes to DRIPA – CBC

Mar 20, 2026

Premier David Eby has promised to amend DRIPA in response to 2 recent court rulings

The B.C. NDP government is in the midst of amending its landmark reconciliation framework law, the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act, otherwise known as DRIPA.

It’s in response to two recent court cases the government lost, and is appealing.

The first is known as the Cowichan Tribes decision. A B.C. Supreme court judge awarded Aboriginal title over a swath of property in south Richmond, B.C. last year. That decision has sparked confusion about how Aboriginal title intersects with private property rights.