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The proposed amendments to the Land Act will allow for joint statutory authority over new projects that require Crown tenure
As Ken Sim and his ABC majority on Vancouver City Council push ahead with their plan to dissolve Vancouver’s elected Park Board — they’ll need the green light from the province and the premier has signalled they won’t get that without extensive consultation with local First Nations.
A B.C. Supreme Court judge has given the province 18 months to fix its mineral rights system First Nations court challenge claiming it fails to adequately consult.
'This is an end to the status quo of free mining in BC,' says environmental lawyer
The B.C. Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that the province's system of granting mineral rights to mining companies does not comply with its duty to consult Indigenous groups. The government has been given one-and-a-half years to fix the system.