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No humiliation is more traumatic for B.C.’s corporate elite than being mocked in international business circles, yet it happened twice in December, both times because of the hot-burning crisis over Indigenous rights in this province and their impact on private property.

Geoff Meggs writes. #bcpoli
BC Business Leaders Fall Silent on Relations with First Nations | The Tyee
Unwarranted panic over court decisions mean Premier David Eby faces lose-lose options in the legislature.
thetyee.ca
January 16, 2026 at 4:29 PM
This is my favourite essay I've written. About a group of realtors and yachters on the Sunshine Coast who are suing the Province to overturn the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (DRIPA).
www.bchistoryboy.ca/p/the-sunshi...
The Sunshine Coast Dock War
Meet the waterfront millionaires trying to cancel the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act
www.bchistoryboy.ca
January 15, 2026 at 5:54 PM
Highly recommend this podcast by @notquitecorn.bsky.social and @arshy.bsky.social
January 13, 2026 at 3:37 PM
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Since 2020, “rule of law” became politicians’ mantra, urging police to shut down #Wetsuweten solidarity blockades.

Fast-forward six years, the line has been abandoned in favour of something suggesting law is not so much a rule but something to be manipulated.

@amandafollett.bsky.social writes. 🪧💬
What Happened to the ‘Rule of Law’? | The Tyee
It was a common refrain during the Wet’suwet’en pipeline conflict. But when courts side with First Nations, politicians are more equivocal.
thetyee.ca
January 12, 2026 at 3:00 PM
The Crofton Mill Closure
China’s fibre grab and a century of capital flight
open.substack.com
January 11, 2026 at 2:48 PM