Juno News - August 15, 2025


B.C. Cowichan ruling could strip private property of value based on oral history


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B.C.'s Cowichan land ruling sets a dangerous precedent and could have a devastating effect on First Nations property rights in the province. The ruling was made by Justice Young, who ruled that First Nations should get their land back.

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00:00:00.000 Terry Glavin in the National Post, his highlight says a better response to B.C.'s Cowichan land
00:00:04.580 ruling, calm down. So he basically says this isn't really about private property. I know that the
00:00:09.020 folks over at Northern Perspective likewise did a fact check. Fact check, did B.C. Supreme Court
00:00:14.020 steal private land and give it to First Nations? Here's the truth. I think that this is an absolutely 1.00
00:00:19.080 dangerous precedent. And it says right here in the judge's ruling that this will only affect
00:00:26.740 private property when the property is sold. So here, right here from the Globe and Mail story,
00:00:32.920 there are some privately held properties, but lawyers involved in the case say that if the
00:00:36.440 ruling stands, that land would not be affected until it was sold. So until it's sold, I never
00:00:42.380 said that they're going to get kicked off their land today or that's going to happen now. But
00:00:45.820 obviously, if you own a property and the government suddenly says that your title is invalid and
00:00:51.240 effective, and when you sell it, you're not going to have the title anymore or the person who's
00:00:56.400 buying it from you. I mean, the value is gone. So you've lost your nest egg. You've lost your
00:01:00.080 whatever you're planning for retirement or to give to your children as inheritance. You've lost the
00:01:05.160 value of your private property. It is incredibly dangerous precedent. It is incredibly dangerous
00:01:09.300 that a judge can do this based on oral history. Again, Justice Young wrote in her declaration
00:01:16.040 that this will change a long established status quo and have significant impact for those involved
00:01:23.220 with the lands. So not saying that anyone's going to get kicked off their lands. I'm not saying that
00:01:27.800 this is like a South African situation where someone is going to come and kick you off your
00:01:32.360 land and take it, but that is the direction that we're headed.