PhoenixSerenity · @msquebanh
1399 followers · 15019 posts · Server mastodon.sdf.org#Intervenors representing the #FirstNations #LeadershipCouncil , 4 #Indigenous nations, 6 #environmental & CommunityGroups & 2 #mineral #exploration #businesses will be in #BCCourt today to make their #legal arguments #opposing #BritishColumbia current legal #regime for granting #MineralRights .
The case is the #first to substantively interpret BC's #LegalObligations under the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act ( #DRIPA )
https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/intervenors-join-gitxaala-in-court-to-argue-against-bc-s-mineral-claim-regime-802643438.html
#intervenors #firstnations #leadershipcouncil #indigenous #environmental #mineral #exploration #businesses #bccourt #legal #opposing #britishcolumbia #regime #mineralrights #first #legalobligations #dripa #nativecanada #lawsuit #gitxaala
PhoenixSerenity · @msquebanh
94 followers · 677 posts · Server mastodon.sdf.org#Gitxaala is taking on the province, Canada, and several free miners, challenging that the Mineral Tenure Act is inconsistent with B.C.’s own Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (DRIPA) because it results in Indigenous peoples being dispossessed of their title and rights to land.
https://raventrust.com/think-b-c-s-mineral-tenure-system-is-a-joke-so-do-we/
#BritishColumbia #mining #unceded #NativeLand #DRIPA #BCNDP #NewDeathParty #Greed #dispossesion #inequity #injustice #FirstNations #HumanRights #Indigenous #NoConsent #BCpoli
#gitxaala #britishcolumbia #mining #unceded #nativeland #dripa #bcndp #newdeathparty #greed #dispossesion #inequity #injustice #firstnations #humanrights #indigenous #noconsent #bcpoli