“My fellow B.C.’ers, this is how you lose a province. This is how you lose control of your resources. This is how you lose a country. We cannot pretend this is “reconciliation”. We cannot pretend this is “progress”. We cannot pretend this is “justice”. This is outsourcing sovereignty, under the cover of emotional language and manufactured guilt.”
“It’s about time to end the Race-Based carve-outs, the two-tier legal system, the external political influence, and the never-ending industry around “reconciliation”. Time to return to one Canada, one law, one standard, where every community, ‘Indigenous’ or not, is part of the same national project from villages to towns to municipalities to the provinces, territories to the federal levels.”
“Premier David Eby’s government recently signed an agreement with the Simpcw ‘First Nation’ {a ‘nation’ of 923 people} establishing approval conditions for Yellowhead, a proposed copper mine in central British Columbia—effectively granting Simpcw veto power over the project.
https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2026ENV0029-000836
“While the government touted the agreement as a ‘Declaration on the Rights of ‘Indigenous’ Peoples Act’ (DR‘I’PA) success story, in reality it’s just another example of how the law adds barriers to investment in B.C.
“DRIPA, {foolishly and irresponsibly} adopted in 2019, requires the provincial government to take “all measures necessary” to align its laws with the ‘United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples’ (UNDRIP), which says that ‘Indigenous’ peoples {which Canadian Aboriginals aren’t} have the right to use, own, develop and control lands, territories and resources that they traditionally used or occupied—and to give or withhold “free, prior and informed consent” to activities on those lands.
https://www.bclaws.gov.bc.ca/civix/document/id/complete/statreg/19044
“Concerns that DRIPA grants ‘Indigenous’ {sic} groups an effective veto over large swaths of land, and any economic activity or development on such land, are not theoretical.
“Last year, for instance, the B.C. Court of Appeal found the province’s mineral-claims framework, which allowed for claims prior to ‘Indigenous’ consultation, was inconsistent with DRIPA.
https://www.bccourts.ca/jdb-txt/ca/25/04/2025BCCA0430.htm
“The Simpcw agreement for the proposed Yellowhead mine, which the government claims could generate nearly $1 billion annually in economic activity and create 2,445 jobs, means the project cannot proceed without the ‘First Nation’s consent—again, confirming veto power is now part of B.C.’s policy framework. The government’s news release affirms the agreement was guided by DRIPA
“while recognizing Simpcw’s consent and a provincial environmental assessment certificate are required for the project to proceed”.
https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2026ENV0029-000836
“In short, DRIPA has made future economic development in B.C. more complicated, costly and uncertain.
“Take the mining sector. As implied by the B.C. Court of Appeal ruling, exploration for mineral deposits requires ‘Indigenous’ consent, intensifying concerns about the requirements for securing exploration rights, the duration of the process, and its associated costs. In practical terms, it makes the rules, timelines and costs for potential investors and entrepreneurs less predictable, particularly in areas with multiple ‘First Nations’ and overlapping land claims {which is MOST of B.C.}. Simply put, B.C.’s new framework has made an already high-cost venture, namely trying to develop a mine, markedly more risky and uncertain.
https://www.fraserinstitute.org/studies/annual-survey-mining-companies-2025
“A number of business leaders warned that DRIPA discourages mining investment in the province.
“And less investment means fewer new or expanded mining projects and the jobs that accompany them. And critically, mining ranks among the country’s largest employers of ‘Indigenous’ people. Again, this is just one sector of the economy impacted by DRIPA.
“The B.C. urgently needs to restore stability and clarity around property rights—economic development cannot be subject to ‘Indigenous’ veto. To start reducing the uncertainty that deters investment, Premier Eby must repeal DRIPA.”
–‘First Nation agreement reaffirms Indigenous veto power in B.C.’,
Julio Mejía and Tegan Hill, Fraser Instituter, Aug.7, 2026
https://www.fraserinstitute.org/commentary/first-nation-agreement-reaffirms-indigenous-veto-power-bc
BACKGROUND:
“‘First Nations’ have claimed ownership over B.C. Critical Minerals, Forestry, Fisheries and Water.
“Don’t believe me? Have a look at this! 2024 ‘Critical Mineral Strategy’:
{NOTE: The Province officially launched Phase 1 of its own ‘B.C. Critical Minerals Strategy’ in early 2024, explicitly committing to align its provincial actions with the ‘First Nations’ strategy.}
‘CRITICAL MINERALS STRATEGY FIRST NATIONS CANADA 2024’
“Indigenous peoples have the right to the lands, territories and resources which they have traditionally owned, occupied or otherwise used or acquired.”
“‘Indigenous’ peoples have the right to own, use, develop and control the lands, territories and resources that they possess by reason of traditional ownership or other traditional occupation or use, as well as those which they have otherwise acquired.
“States shall give legal recognition and protection to these lands, territories and resources. Such recognition shall be conducted with due respect to the customs, traditions and land tenure systems of the ‘Indigenous’ peoples concerned.”
(Article 26 of United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples)
1/5
https://x.com/ShareawareCdn/status/2035487021242933689
{These clauses entrench 2 separate ‘Peoples’ within Canada and enable Aboriginals ignoring/bypassing many of the laws that other Canadians must abide by.
This is both reactionary and intolerable, and will splinter Canada into pieces:
“Canada will be redefined as a multinational state embracing an archipelago of aboriginal nations that own a third of Canada’s land mass, are immune from federal & provincial taxation, are supported by transfer payments from citizens who do pay taxes, are able to opt out of federal & provincial legislation, and engage in “nation to nation” diplomacy with whatever is left of Canada.”
https://canadiansforlegalequalityblog.wordpress.com/2019/02/01/rcap-and-the-fragmentation-of-canada/ }
(“xʷməθkʷəy̓əm” – Musqueam), “Sḵwx̱wú7mesh” – Squamish) and “səlilwətaɬ” (Tsleil Waututh) Vancouver, B.C.) –
‘First Nations’ in B.C. have announced a proactive critical minerals strategy for ‘their territories’ in British Columbia. The ‘First Nations’ Critical Minerals Strategy was facilitated and prepared by the BC ‘First Nations’ Energy and Mining Council {who are funded primarily through federal and provincial government {taxpayer} grants and project-specific program contributions such as from Natural Resources Canada} and supported by the ‘First Nations’ Leadership Council {who receives core advocacy, governance capacity, and project-based funding from both the Government of Canada (via departments like ‘Indigenous’ {sic} Services Canada) and the Province of British Columbia, alongside specific initiative grants}.
{Talk about funding our own demise…}
“This strategy was developed at four half-day interactive webinars between October 2023 and January 2024 with more than 250 participants from ‘First Nation’ communities throughout the province. Federal and Provincial Ministers also presented at these meetings, committing to working in partnership with ‘First Nations’ toward net zero carbon emissions by 2050. This means implementing credible ways for industry and governments to transition their facilities and operations to reduce and eliminate their carbon emissions to ‘fight’ ‘climate change’. The ‘First Nations’ Critical Minerals Strategy sets a road map to achieve these goals through a series of 50 recommendations.
“The governments of Canada and British Columbia have also developed critical minerals strategies to facilitate the global net zero carbon energy transition by 2050. British Columbia’s ‘phase 1’ critical minerals strategy commits to aligning their plan with the ‘First Nations’ Critical Minerals Strategy {!?!}.
“BC Assembly of ‘First Nations’ Regional Chief Terry Teegee states
“the First Nations strategy is a grassroots plan developed by community members {Nonsense!} about their critical mineral priorities. We value the community input including the thoughtful advice on the four themed areas:
1. Environmental protection recommendations,
2. Socio economic recommendations,
3. Clean energy (related to projects) recommendations,
4. Land rights recommendations.”
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“173 years after gold was first confirmed on Haida Gwaii, in what is now known as British Columbia, the time has arrived for the governments of Canada and British Columbia to work on a trilateral basis with ‘First Nations’ on the consent-based extraction of critical minerals from ‘Indigenous First Nations {claimed but mostly unproven} lands in a manner that is fully aligned with the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples”,
said Robert Phillips of the ‘First Nations’ Summit Political Executive.
“I attended all the sessions with the communities as well as acted as a co-chair to the BC government advisory committee on the development of their critical minerals strategy. A priority action of the BC plan is to align our collective initiatives and I fully expect we will achieve success.”
…
“UBCIC President, {anti-Canadian} Grand Chief Stewart Phillip echoes the commitments of the strategy and concluded,
“The ‘climate emergency’ is upon us, and we need to accelerate our transition away from fossil fuels in order to reduce global warming. It is absolutely essential that ‘First Nations’ are full partners {?} in any discussions, plans or profits regarding critical mineral extraction in their ‘unceded {claimed but mostly unproven} territories’. We look forward to working in partnership with BC and Canada and ‘expect’ them to fully align their respective critical mineral strategies with our BC ‘First Nations’ strategy {Such arrogance}. We will support all 50 recommendations contained in the strategy and will seek to collaborate with Canada and BC to align their strategies with those recommendations from ‘First Nations’ in BC”.
“The ‘First Nations’ Leadership Council is comprised of the political executives of the B.C. Assembly of ‘First Nations’ (BCA‘FN’), ‘First Nations’ Summit (‘FN’S), and the Union of BC Indian Chiefs (UBCIC).”
–‘First Nations Release Critical Minerals Strategy in British Columbia to Facilitate Net Zero by 2050’,
Press Release, First Nations Leadership Council, March 4, 2024
https://www.bcafn.ca/sites/default/files/docs/news/2024March4_FNLC_PR_re_CM_Strategy_FINAL.pdf
“B.C. just quietly exposed the real game, and it’s NOT about “reconciliation”, “healing”, or “shared prosperity”.
“It’s about shifting control of Canada’s critical resources into a three-way partnership between:
1️⃣ ‘Indigenous’ {sic} leadership structures.
2️⃣ Activist governments (B.C. NDP + Ottawa ‘Liberals’/Carney).
3️⃣ Foreign investors, especially China
“This isn’t a theory.
It’s written directly into the FNEMC “China Strategy” document. A 14-page blueprint outlining how B.C. ‘First Nations’ {Indian tribes/Bands} should build direct economic alliances with Chinese state-owned companies, Chinese capital, and long-term Chinese off-take agreements.
https://fnemc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/final-version-low-resolution.pdf
“This is the model the @bcndp is now accelerating! With no public control, no stewardship for British Columbians in any way, and this is not shared benefits.
“But what this is, is a fragmented, foreign-leveraged approval system that cuts the Canadian public OUT of the equation entirely.
“For decades, Canada and Canadians at all levels have paid trillions into ‘Indigenous’ programs, settlements, and lands. For context, B.C. alone holds tens of billions in reserve land value locked up in the reserve program.
“Yet instead of evolving the system into a unified, transparent, accountable provincial model, B.C. and the @bcndp is doubling down on a structure that creates:
1. Two layers of law.
2. Race-Based governance.
3. Private deals with foreign governments and corporations.
4. Zero accountability to Canadians
A permanent veto on Canadian development.
5. And now the B.C. NDP is speeding up “critical mineral projects” that will not be owned by British Columbians, not governed by British Columbians, and not benefiting British Columbians.
“They will be controlled through a political pipeline of:
➡ Provincial ideology.
➡ ‘Indigenous’ governance structures.
➡ China’s long-term geopolitical strategy.
“My fellow B.C.’ers, this is how you lose a province. This is how you lose control of your resources. This is how you lose a country. We cannot pretend this is “reconciliation”. We cannot pretend this is “progress”. We cannot pretend this is “justice”.
“This is outsourcing sovereignty under the cover of emotional language and manufactured guilt.
“It’s about time to end the Race-Based carve-outs, the two-tier legal system, the external political influence, and the never-ending industry around “reconciliation”.
“Time to return to one Canada, one law, one standard, where every community, ‘Indigenous’ or not, is part of the same national project from villages to towns to municipalities to the provinces, territories to the federal levels.
“B.C. belongs to British Columbians.
“Canada belongs to Canadians.
“Full stop.
“Last point, there is only one person and Party actually talking about this in a Proactive and positive way of evolving and ending the corruption –
“Let’s rally behind real change for B.C. that will benefit all?!?
“Read for yourself and tell me if I missed anything?”
https://x.com/CNDinshorts/status/2035744175698719130
See also:
‘B.C. Indigenizing Mineral Claims’ (Mineral Claims Consultation Framework) {Dec.27, 2025}:
“The new system is poised to increase costs and administrative burden for all parties, including ‘First Nations’, project proponents, government, and taxpayers…and will cripple resource development in British Columbia as investors and project proponents abandon the province in favour of other jurisdictions with less regulatory uncertainty.”
https://endracebasedlaw.ca/2025/12/27/b-c-indigenizing-mineral-claims/
And the consequences have begun:
‘Non-Existent ‘First Nation’ Gets B.C. Court To Stop Mine’ {June 25, 2026}:
“A tiny activist group of about 50 members of Tsetsaut Skii km Lax Ha, just cost BC $30 billion in potential GDP and $7 billion in provincial tax revenue by tying up the KSM mine in court, despite full benefit agreements with the much larger Nisga’a and Tahltan ‘Nations’, who actually support it.”
“Earlier this month, a B.C. court decided to cancel the official go-ahead to construct a gold mine in the north of the province because a few dozen ‘Indigenous’ people weren’t, in its view, adequately consulted.”
https://endracebasedlaw.ca/2026/06/25/non-existent-first-nation-gets-b-c-court-to-stop-mine/
‘Mining Company Screwed by B.C. Government’ (Canadian Gold Ventures Inc./Gitxaala) {June 19, 2026}:
“If this what the government considers ‘Indigenous’ reconciliation, then every investor in B.C. faces grave risk. The Province specifically asked us to step in and rescue this mine – we invested millions, began the necessary work of cleaning up someone else’s environmental mess, and created real economic value for British Columbia. In return, the Province negotiated away our property rights in a backroom deal without involving us or even telling us. That is not how a government should treat investors.”
https://endracebasedlaw.ca/2026/06/19/mining-company-screwed-by-b-c-government/
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