Elbows Up for Indigenous Rights – The Tyee

February 23, 2026

Six years ago BC led the world in addressing harms to First Nations. Why put that progress at risk?

Now that the Greens have pulled out of their governing accord with the BC NDP, Premier David Eby is left with a one-seat majority. That’s a thin margin. The NDP is losing ground. But is this because it needs to be more centrist? Or is this because the government has been failing to stand behind its own progressive works?

These questions need asking because the NDP government has vowed to amend the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act, or DRIPA, which the legislature passed unanimously just six years ago.