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IrelandFirst Nations leaders warn of protests over Doerkson's DRIPA repeal
CBC British Columbia's report captures warnings of more court proceedings if the incoming premier follows through on his pledge.
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Story of Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 68,063 views a day, 12 times a normal first day on this channel (5,564).
B.C. First Nation leaders say province could become a 'battleground' if DRIPA repealed
"This will go to the streets, it'll go to the land itself," Grand Chief Stewart Phillip tells CBC, rejecting Lorne Doerkson's argument that British Columbia's Indigenous rights legislation has failed.
The report brings a response to the premier-designate's repeal promise from First Nations leaders who say removing the law would deepen disputes, not resolve them. It drew an estimated 68,000 views in its first day, roughly twelve times the usual start for CBC British Columbia's Shorts.
At issue is the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act, known as DRIPA. Passed in 2019, it establishes a framework for bringing provincial laws into alignment with the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. Resource development and consultation with Indigenous peoples are central to the dispute in CBC's report.
Doerkson points to court disputes involving docks in Pender Harbour and mining opportunities as he maintains his commitment to repeal. Phillip, of the Union of BC Indian Chiefs, calls the assertion that the law is not working a distortion of the facts.
Terry Teegee of the British Columbia Assembly of First Nations warns that repeal would bring more court proceedings and protests over projects proceeding without consent.
Doerkson also says he is willing to meet First Nations to build partnerships. UBC political scientist Stewart Prest points him toward former premier Gordon Campbell's experience as a lesson in the value of collaboration with Indigenous peoples.
An Okanagan Indigenous leader who has been president of the Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs since 1998.
More on Wikipedia ›British Columbia’s premier-designate and a Conservative politician. He has represented Cariboo-Chilcotin in the provincial legislature since 2020, switching from the BC Liberals to the Conservatives in 2024.
More on Wikipedia ›Canada’s westernmost province, on the Pacific coast. Its capital is Victoria, and its largest city is Vancouver.
More on Wikipedia ›A First Nations political organization founded in 1969 in opposition to a federal proposal to assimilate Status Indians and dissolve the Department of Indian Affairs.
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- Channel
- CBC British Columbia
- Subscribers
- 160,000 ▲ 1,000 this week
- Channel views, last 7 days
- 2,231,818
- Channel views, pace per day
- 367,988 (on a normal day: 248,384)
- Video published
- October 27, 2026
- Video views so far
- 74,221 (less than a day online)
- Video views, pace per day
- 68,537
The numbers
The DRIPA report drew a much larger first-day audience than CBC British Columbia's usual Short.
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What does DRIPA stand for?
DRIPA is British Columbia's Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act.