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Geoff Russ: Democracy can't exist in B.C. as long as DRIPA is around

David Eby has created unaccountable 'co-governance' models with First Nations

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British Columbia’s Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (DRIPA) is encroaching on the democratic rights of British Columbians.

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DRIPA, as developed by the provincial NDP government and defended by the First Nations Leadership Council (FNLC), has gone beyond the process of consultation required under Canadian law. Now, it has become a vessel for co-governance between First Nations and the provincial government.

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Only a tiny subset of people living in B.C. can elect First Nations authorities, yet the NDP has created a statutory and political process in which Indigenous governing bodies, and the FNLC-centred alignment process, can shape laws, permits, land use, and the ability of the provincial government to amend its own statutes.

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Democracy and DRIPA cannot co-exist in B.C. if the legislation means that leadership bodies not elected by the general provincial electorate can veto and threaten a government elected by British Columbians when it tries to revise its own........

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