City of Richmond to host meeting on ‘consequential’ Cowichan Tribes case – Times Colonist
October 20, 2025
RICHMOND — A British Columbia mayor hopes an upcoming meeting will give property owners affected by the Cowichan Tribes case more information, calling the decision “one of the most consequential rulings of any court” in Canadian history.
The meeting scheduled for Oct. 28 in Richmond happens almost three months after a B.C. Supreme Court judge ruled that Cowichan Tribes have the right to 7 1/2 square kilometres of land in Richmond, ruling that land titles granted by government were invalid.
“There are many dozens, may be hundreds of people and their property and their investments that are being impacted by the Cowichan Tribes decision, who had absolutely no knowledge of it before the decision came down,” Richmond Mayor Malcolm Brodie said.
