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David Eby’s government in British Columbia is reeling after two recent court decisions put private property rights in jeopardy.

In August, the B.C. Supreme Court’s Cowichan Tribes decision declared that titles to certain properties in the city of Richmond are “defective and invalid.” Adding to Eby’s headache is the Court of Appeal’s ruling in Gitxaala v. British Columbia (Chief Gold Commissioner) , which held that every law and regulation in B.C. must align with the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP).

Among other things, UNDRIP refers to “the urgent need to respect and promote the inherent rights of indigenous peoples” and “especially their rights to their lands.” Essentially, a United Nations document has suddenly become a second constitution.

Feigning shock, Eby declared last week that he will “go to the wall” to protect the rights of affected Richmond property owners. The province is now talking about offering loan guarantees to homeowners if banks won’t refinance mortgages or buyers can’t secure financing. But these are band-aid solutions that don’t solve the fundamental issue.

More than the rights of the Richmond property holders are at stake. Most of B.C. is not covered by treaties, so land claims will continue to come forward. Many more B.C. property owners could be affected. In fact, it’s an even bigger problem than that. Private property held in fee simple is the basis of our economy and our standard of living. Property rights also buttress the basic freedoms we take for granted as citizens of a constitutional democracy."

David Livingstone: Eby's failure to protect private property will lead to financial crisis

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10 hours ago, herbie said:

What's this? We needed a seventeenth alarmist thread on the same theme?
Not able to start one on any other topic?

There's plenty of other threads on plenty of topics. Your problem is you can't read :)  

Maybe lay off the NyQuil and calm down a little

The very fact you can't address the points and have to attack the author instead shows that you know there's a problem here that hasn't been resolved

7 hours ago, blackbird said:

We in BC need to get rid of Eby and the NDP asap.  They are wrecking this province.  This is a disaster.

They're thinking he may pull a spring election but I really doubt it. If you try something before the leadership race for the conservatives he will probably get punished for it. And right afterwards the conservative leader will probably have a popularity bounce as that's common with new leaders.

I don't think we're going to get rid of them in the immediate future but there can be no doubt that he has been the absolute worst premier in our provincial history. Vote woke go broke

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Had better start running."

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