It was an “unfortunate yet avoidable moment in the history of British Columbia,” according to Robert Phillips with the First Nations Summit.
On Thursday, the province faced a barrage of criticism as leaders representing municipalities and First Nations communities across B.C. joined forces to call on Premier David Eby to withdraw Bill 15 and other recent legislation aimed at fast-tracking development projects.
While Eby said the province won’t use Bill 15 to expedite “controversial” projects such as pipelines or LNG facilities, experts recently told The Tyee that the open-ended nature of the legislation would hand unchecked decision-making powers over to present and future governments.
The bc ndp must be stopped from this nonsense!
My standard for whether I can accept the bill is this: John Rustad were to somehow become the provinical leader the day after it passes, would I still be confident that due rights to the Indigenous and to Canadians would be respected under their rights? Or would he walk all over their rights to placate oil lobby and mining interests? I trust Eby and his government, but the laws in BC must be fair and free of abuse, and I can’t give it a pass just because I like the BCNDP.
It’s important to be critical of your favourite political party. I don’t agree with the bc greens demonizing nuclear energy for example.