Despite Growing Opposition, NDP Plans to Go Ahead with Bill 15

Rob Shaw: In one month, Eby went from Indigenous ally to villain

By: Rob ShawOf all the premiers in Canada, the last one you’d have expected to see at war with Indigenous leaders for steamrolling reconciliation and environmental protections was British Columbia’s David Eby. His New Democratic Party has for eight years made the UN’s Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples the centrepiece of all its decision-making. Nothing was done without First Nations buy-in.And yet, an abrupt pivot by Eby towards fa…

'Blurgate': B.C. Conservatives take issue with Bill 15 vote

NDP MLA Rick Glumac had a blurred background when he cast a vote via video in key vote

Environmental advocates say Bill 15 was pushed through BC legislature too quickly

Many have been calling on Premier David Eby and the BC NDP to reconsider Bill 15 before sending it through the Legislative Assembly, saying it could be detrimental to environmental protections.

Update: Squamish Nation considering next steps after B.C. passes Bill 15

On Wednesday night, Bill 15 passed third and final reading in the Legislature by a vote of 47-to-46.

B.C. NDP ex-minister urges Eby to walk back ‘astounding and disheartening’ Bill 15

VICTORIA - Former British Columbia minister Melanie Mark is accusing Premier David Eby and his cabinet of "turning their backs" on First Nations, local governments and environmentalists by passing controversial

Former B.C. minister Melanie Mark asks NDP to walk back ‘disheartening’ Bill 15

Melanie Mark is accusing the B.C. government of "turning their backs" on First Nations, local governments and environmentalists by passing controversial fast-track bills.