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95% of the land in BC is under Aboriginal title claim. The principles set out in the Cowichan case say that once Aboriginal title is established, it trumps the fee simple title granted to landowners. BC residents may soon no longer own their homes and businesses.

It's unknown how many other title cases are made in BC impacting public and private lands. And given what happened in Richmond, where not one level of government chose to inform impacted residents, it's clear this may be the case elsewhere.

BC's industry and recreational associations are starting to speak up after months of secrecy around land-use planning in BC, broken promises around stakeholder engagement, and back-room negotiations without public awareness, or input. Read today's letter to Premier David Eby by

BC is now the only western economy on the planet where you can’t take indefeasible title to the bank. If this ruling isn’t overturned, private ownership is toast.

Can BC afford to settle the Aboriginal title claims and private property concerns on the immediate horizon? The Premier must come clean with BC residents before social cohesion breaks down around property rights panic, writes Public Land Use Society director Adam Pankratz in today's

British Columbians were promised Aboriginal title and private property could co-exist through the Haida Agreement — Premier Eby’s “template” for rolling out and managing title across B.C. But as Geoffrey Moyse, KC and legal advisor to Public Land Use Society writes, the Cowichan court

Yesterday on CKNW Jill Bennett Show I was able to explain several key issues: ➡️The NDP fully understood the Cowichan judgement’s impact on private property. Regardless, they went ahead with Haida in the BCSC constitutionalizing Aboriginal Title over private property anyway.

Premier David Eby calls British Columbia a “colonial mistake”. He says DRIPA is the solution, one that means giving away B.C.’s public land and provincial authority. No Premier has ever said so plainly that BC shouldn’t exist as we know it.

In Sunday's Global BC News Hour, Jordan Armstrong interviewed Tom Isaac, leading Aboriginal law expert and former chief treaty negotiator for the BC government, on the massive implications from the Cowichan decision: "We need a radical rethink of what we've been doing in the

As Chief, I met with the Premier of B.C. I thought about whether to post this on X, as I knew the reaction it would get on this platform. But, I think it’s important. I expressed to him, and his Ministers that Nations need to work with the Province to address these very

Insightful catch (and fix) by Elenore Sturko reveals yet another behind-the-scenes move on the reconciliation file, initiated by David Eby. There is a pattern emerging and it is not democratic. Radical public policy change requires a mandate from voters.

Premier David Eby said private property on Haida Gwaii is protected under the Haida title agreement, and that this should serve as the template for BC. We now see he was wrong. Nobody's private property where there is overlaying Aboriginal title is protected. See the revealing

Throughout BC, Public Land Use Society has been speaking about the growing jurisdictional crisis taking shape in our province. If you think the question of who is in control of BCs lands is misplaced, think again. As shared by McMillan LLP: "Is it possible that provincial laws like the

Watch Geoff Moyse, K.C. warn about the lack of transparency in BC’s secret title negotiations in this preview clip from his interview with Bob Mackin at Read theBreaker.news Listen to #thePodcast: "There are all kinds of negotiations going on all around the province, where the government says its

Terry Glavin 格立文 The claim that First Nations holding underlying title would be no different from the Crown, is disingenuous at best. The Crown holds title in trust for the public—bound by fiduciary duty, law, and democratic accountability. First Nations owe no such duty to non-members.

What happens to 'public' parks & the right to roam? @BCNDP is granting Indigenous “control” to territories, which "will require modified park management plans that impact recreational uses," warn Warren Mirko & lawyer Geoffrey Moyse of Public Land Use Society. vancouversun.com/opinion/op-ed/…

With new Aboriginal title claims over parts of Coquitlam and Port Coquitlam, Mayor Brad West says the provincial government is leading a negotiation process outside of court. If the recent track record of secret negotiations is any indication, everyone should be concerned

The City of Kelowna analysis in today’s The Vancouver Sun should be a wake-up call. BC says it wants “faster housing” while designing a system that can’t even approve a toolshed or a public sidewalk without a multi-month detour. Anyone trying to build anything will face increased

Important read in NorthernBeat News. BC’s entire business community is sounding the alarm over the Heritage Act overhaul. Caroline Elliott shows just how damaging this could be for the economy and public governance. And AME says the quiet part out loud: “[t]here is a perception from

This is bang on. Elenore Sturko has a great segment with Jill Bennett on CKNW that shows how British Columbians can criticize UNDRIP / DRIPA without being the racist David Eby says you are. All of us can demand accountability without being smeared for it.