How federal Indigenous rights legislation could jeopardize new pipelines, infrastructure, and investment across Canada – The Hub
A current Indigenous rights controversy in British Columbia has much larger national implications than anyone is discussing. That’s because of significant parallels between B.C. legislation and federal legislation on the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP). Those interested in national infrastructure projects, or even just federal law generally, need to wake up.
The two laws have both parallels and differences, and that matters. But it matters less than you might think. To understand this, we need to look carefully at what is going on.
