January 20, 2025

Standing With Gitxaala and Ehattesaht Nations in Upholding the Process of Legislative Reconciliation under
the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act

(xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh)/Vancouver, B.C.) The First Nations Leadership Council (FNLC) and British Columbia Civil Liberties Association (BCCLA) stand together with Gitxaala Nation and Ehattesaht First Nation as the hearing of the Nations’ appeals in relation to the Province’s Mineral Tenure Act regime begins in the BC Court of Appeal today.

The FNLC and BCCLA are participating as joint intervenors in these appeals because the issues before the Court of Appeal are critically important to the fulfillment of the Province’s commitments in the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (Declaration Act) to align its laws with the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (Declaration).

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