Some People Are "Special"

Indeed they are!:

Happy New Year! 👇@fancypants_s https://t.co/wZFgVagzeb

— Auntie Polly (@auntie_polly) January 1, 2026

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In September, the British Columbia Supreme Court threw private property into turmoil. Aboriginal title in Richmond, a suburb of Vancouver, is “prior and senior” to fee simple interests, the court said. That means it trumps the property you have in your house, farm or factory. If the decision holds up on appeal, it would mean private property is not secure anywhere a claim for Aboriginal title is made out.

If you thought things couldn’t get worse, you thought wrong. On Dec. 5, the B.C. Court of Appeal delivered a different kind of upheaval. Gitxaala and Ehattesaht First Nations claimed that B.C.’s mining regime was unlawful because it allowed miners to register claims on Crown land without consulting with them. In a 2-to-1 split decision, the court agreed. The mining permitting regime is inconsistent with the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People (UNDRIP). And B.C. legislation, the court said, has made UNDRIP the law of B.C.

 

Thanks to UNDRIP, Canada is no longer a sovereign nation. 

Imagine having a handful of unelected and seemingly unaccountable chiefs all screaming that no economic development can occur because they say so, even if it might benefit their people.