#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