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First Nations leaders strongly oppose B.C. plan to pause DRIPA as Eby defends move ahead of confidence vote

April 10, 2026

First Nations leaders in B.C. are urging B.C. NDP MLAs to reject Premier David Eby’s plan to suspend some sections of the province’s Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (DRIPA), as the government prepares to bring the proposal forward as a confidence vote.



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