Grassroots Group Challenges BC's Reconciliation Law
Pender Harbour, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - September 11, 2024) - A petition has been filed in BC Supreme Court, challenging the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (DRIPA). That is the law the BC government uses to implement the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) in BC.The petition was filed by the Pender Harbour and Area Residents Association (PHARA), asking the court to rule that the DRIPA violates a number of constitutional...
2024-09-11 12:44 PM EDT
Pender Harbour and Area Residents Association to Challenge Constitutional Validity of B.C.'s Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (DRIPA)
Pender Harbour, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - May 13, 2024) - After extensive deliberations and exclusion from government negotiations with the shíshálh Nation, the Pender Harbour and Area Residents Association (PHARA) board has instructed its legal counsel, McMillan LLP, to file proceedings in B.C. Supreme Court.PHARA will ask the court to rule that the DRIPA is beyond the province's constitutional power and that Order in Council 2022-0444 is invalid. That Order in Council directed two...
2024-05-13 4:29 PM EDT
The Sunshine Coast's Disastrous Dock Management Plan
Pender Harbour, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - March 14, 2024) - After a 10-year moratorium and 10 subsequent years tinkering with a Dock Management Plan (DMP) that remains untenable, the Province and the shíshálh Nation have failed miserably, according to the Pender Harbour and Area Residents Assn (PHARA).Following the latest round of DMP amendments announced in November-which expanded the plan to include all the shíshálh claimed territory-and after a 90 day "public engagement" period,...
2024-03-14 3:05 AM EDT