DRIPA was touted as a reconciliation milestone. Now a series of court rulings has the premier wanting to change it — a plan one lawyer calls 'extremely offensive'

In 2019, “British Columbia” unanimously passed the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act.

It was celebrated as a major step toward working with First Nations in a better, more equal way.

But a court ruling last month seems to be contributing to a change of heart for Premier David Eby.

On Dec. 5, the B.C. Court of Appeal ruled the government’s obligations under the Declaration Act are legally enforceable.

Eby is now arguing judges shouldn’t be setting the province’s reconciliation agenda. And he says he is willing to change the law to make sure they can’t.