CP NewsAlert: B.C. tells First Nations it wants to suspend DRIPA

By Canadian Press on April 2, 2026.

VICTORIA — British Columbia’s government has proposed suspending its Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act, according to two sources in a meeting between Premier David Eby and First Nations leaders.

One of the sources says a three-year suspension of the legislation was proposed, while the other didn’t give a time frame.

More coming.

The Canadian Press