Syilx Okanagan leaders are rejecting a proposed gravel pit mine in their homelands, as one expert says the province is violating its own Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (DRIPA) by moving the project forward.
In a groundbreaking move for Syilx-led environmental stewardship, Syilx Chiefs, Mayors, Regional District Chairs and Councillors of the Syilx Nation and local governments from the Okanagan and Similkameen Watersheds are coming together in a newly formed Collaborative Leadership Table.
A plan to amend BC’s Land Act which governs Crown land across the province has stirred up some degree of controversy as the government appeared to quietly slip the issue into the public space with little media or public engagement.
After nearly two and half years the Province has laid out 89 specific actions on how it will make good on its commitment to bring government policy in line with the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, also known as UNDRIP.
