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Vaughn Palmer: Premier Eby has placed himself in a trap of his own making over Declaration Act

Opinion: The public, kept in the dark much longer than necessary, isn't likely to spare much sympathy for the premier

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VICTORIA — A timely leak lifted the lid this week on Premier David Eby’s secretive plan to amend the legislation governing how B.C. is reconciling its laws with the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.

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Eby targeted the Declaration Act for a makeover last December after a court ruling invoked it to overturn the province’s mineral claims staking regime.

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