B.C. tells First Nations it wants to suspend DRIPA: reports

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By Staff The Canadian Press

Posted April 2, 2026 4:00 pm

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 'Premier David Eby to meet with First Nations leadership to discuss amendments to DRIPA'

4:13 Premier David Eby to meet with First Nations leadership to discuss amendments to DRIPA

Premier David Eby will meet with First Nations leadership to discuss proposed amendments to DRIPA. Robert Phillips from the First Nations Summit and Leadership Council of B.C. says they will set relations with the province back by years.

British Columbia’s government has proposed suspending its Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (DRIPA), according to two sources in a meeting between Premier David Eby and First Nations leaders.

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One of the sources says a three-year suspension of the legislation was proposed, while the other didn’t give a time frame.

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