#Intervenors representing the #FirstNations #LeadershipCouncil , 4 #Indigenous nations, 6 #environmental & #CommunityGroups & 2 #mineral #exploration #businesses will be in #BCCourt today to make their #legal arguments #opposing #BritishColumbia current legal #regime for granting #MineralRights .
The case is the #first to substantively interpret BC's #LegalObligations under Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act ( #DRIPA )
https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/intervenors-join-gitxaala-in-court-to-argue-against-bc-s-mineral-claim-regime-802643438.html
www.newswire.caIntervenors join Gitxaała in court to argue against BC's mineral claim regime/CNW/ - Today, the BC Supreme Court will hear from a diverse array of groups intervening in the Gitxaała Nation's legal challenge against BC's "free entry"...