Eby accuses courts of jeopardizing B.C. economy, resource projects

British Columbia Premier David Eby lashed out at the judiciary on Wednesday, saying two recent decisions on Indigenous rights and title jeopardize the provincial economy and threaten progress on reconciliation that has paved the way for $100-billion worth of resource projects.

Speaking at a business luncheon with the B.C. Chamber of Commerce, Mr. Eby took aim at a provincial Supreme Court decision that awarded Aboriginal title in a developed part of Metro Vancouver that includes private lands, as well as last Friday’s B.C. Court of Appeal decision that set a binding obligation on government to abide by the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) in existing legislation.