BC erwägt Änderungen zur Schwächung von DRIPA und teilt geheimes Dokument mit Anführern der First Nations | NanaimoNewsNOW

Pasting the relevant sections here with what the press has seen of the proposed changes:

>The government document shows the existing wording of some sections of the law crossed out, with the proposed text of the changes underneath for First Nations leaders to review.

>The “Purpose of the Act” section, as currently written in the law, says it is “to affirm the application of the Declaration to the laws of British Columbia.”

>The proposed change for that section change instead says the government will “provide for the ongoing processes of the government working, in consultation and co-operation with the Indigenous peoples in British Columbia, towards aligning enactments with the declaration.”

>The document also shows the provincial government is looking to replace a clause that says the government “must take all measures necessary to ensure the laws of British Columbia are consistent with the Declaration,” and instead says the provincial government will work toward aligning specific laws “identified as priorities.”

>It continues that the province “may prepare a new action plan” for implementing DRIPA “at any time.”

Probably sufficient for the purposes of reversing the Gitxaala ruling – replacing ‚affirm application to BC law‘ with a commitment to ‚work towards‘ alignment with UNDRIP, and removing the imperative to „take all measures necessary“ with specific acts left the government’s discretion.