Fears raised over proposed changes to B.C. Land Act are threat to reconciliation, says regional chief
Proposed changes to B.C.'s Land Act to align the legislation with the province’s Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act has sparked reactions that the First Nations Leadership Council calls 'inaccurate and unhelpful.'
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Proposed changes to B.C.'s Land Act to align the legislation with the province’s Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act has sparked reactions that the First Nations Leadership Council calls 'inaccurate and unhelpful.'