Action4Canada - February 20, 2026


DRIPAļ¼š All Land Back & Veto Power


Episode Stats


Length

1 minute

Words per minute

173.73502

Word count

198

Sentence count

10


Summary

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DRIPA is a bill that would force British Columbia's First Nations to return all their land back to the Crown. It would also give them veto power over everything, and indefinite funding to fund whatever they want to do on those lands.

Transcript

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00:00:00.000 These people actually believe deeply in their heart that we should give all the land back.
00:00:06.360 And this is and they do believe that.
00:00:08.920 And what bothers me about this is that, OK, if that's really what British Columbians want and we believe that that's what the road ahead means for us, I think that we need full notice if that's what we're doing.
00:00:20.400 And also a referendum to ask British Columbians, do you want this?
00:00:24.520 And there's been a lot of focus lately on the fee simple titles that have been affected by the famous Cowichan ruling, the one where in Richmond, where they gave joint decision making.
00:00:35.600 They've basically said that Aboriginal titers supersedes the fee simple properties in Richmond, which are commercial properties in people's homes.
00:00:43.260 And so this has been a disaster for the E.B. government because this has exposed the whole the whole thing.
00:00:48.880 That that case is exactly what they wanted to have happen, but they're trying to pretend that it's not.
00:00:59.140 And this is precisely what DRIPA stands for is all land back, veto power over everything and indefinite funding to fund whatever they want to do on those lands.