CHARBONNEAU – DRIPA problems kicked down the road as the glow fades – ArmchairMayor.ca
April 23, 2026
IT WAS A FEEL-GOOD moment when The Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (DRIPA) was passed into BC law in 2019.
All parties unanimously agreed to align provincial laws with the standards set out in the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
The glow has gone off DRIPA.
Now it threatens to change laws in B.C. A majority of MLAs think it should be amended or eliminated.
