Exploring Theme: "Legislative and Institutional Barriers"

Amidst Fairy Creek and CGL conflicts, the province quietly re-evaluated how it manages civil disobedience. A Tyee exclusive. The Tyee: On the heels of the last significant police action on Wet’suwet’en territory, B.C. quietly embarked on a process to “streamline” its response to what it saw as a rising wave of protests across the province....

NationTalk: Unceded Algonquin Territory, Ottawa, Ontario) – Assembly of First Nations (AFN) National Chief, Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak, expressed disappointment and concern, following the British Columbia (B.C.) government’s decision to pause the proposed amendments to the B.C. Land Act. “I am disappointed by the B.C. government’s decision to pause the proposed amendments to the B.C. Land...

Opposition forces government to relaunch consultations; Cullen blames misinformation. The Tyee: Facing public backlash encouraged by opposition parties, the B.C. government has cancelled planned changes to the Land Act, Minister of Water, Land and Resource Stewardship Nathan Cullen said Wednesday.  While the government said the changes were necessary to allow it to enter into land-use...

The Globe and Mail: The British Columbia government is conducting an intensive series of meetings with industry and outdoor recreation groups this month, in an attempt to assuage concerns about its proposed changes to the law that governs Crown land. The province plans to amend the Land Act in the spring legislative session to pave...

Plans to bring the Land Act into line with DRIPA have caused a furor. An explainer. The Tyee: Anyone reading about proposed amendments to B.C.’s Land Act might believe there are major changes afoot.  Private property is at risk. Outdoor recreation is threatened. Water access, mining, forestry and agriculture all now hang in the balance as the...

NationTalk: Slaw – Businesses are deeply implicated in abuses of human rights defenders worldwide. In 2021 more than “a quarter of lethal attacks were linked to resource exploitation,” according to Global Witness. Indigenous Peoples are disproportionately attacked. Over 40 percent of fatal attacks targeted Indigenous people who make up only 5 percent of the world’s population....