Another B.C. court affirms UNDRIP as legally binding

B.C.'s Court of Appeal has declared the province’s mineral claims system is inconsistent with the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.

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In a divided ruling further eroding certainty for British Columbia’s mining sector and private property rights, the province’s Court of Appeal has declared the province’s mineral claims system is inconsistent with the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP), opening the door to more veto-like powers for Fi…