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Reconciliation & Indigenous Nations platforms

Here's what the candidates in Burnaby-New Westminster, and their parties, are promising.

Rights of Indigenous peoples

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We don't have any BC NDP policies on Rights of Indigenous peoples.

BC Conservative

  • Repeal the act intended to bring BC into accordance with the United Nations' Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

    "[DRIPA] has not created the security for British Columbians that it was meant to achieve. We are in court everywhere in this province. So the reality is it (DRIPA) has to be repealed…The challenges we have faced with First Nations and working together have been, no question, a very serious challenge. DRIPA hasn’t helped that, sadly.

    We need a genuine path forward. And trust me when I say this, I am committed to working with First Nations. I am committed to building these projects together with First Nations, for the benefit of all of us. And I want partnerships with First Nations.

    We need to make everyone equally successful here. And equally, both in a number of different ways – financially, socially, in all respects – we have to work together with our First Nations. And trust me when I say this, I am very committed to that."

    — conservativebc.ca, retrieved 2026-10-13

  • Remove a section of legislation that bars the government from violating Indigenous treaty rights or going against the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

    "Repeal section 8.1 of the Interpretation Act and NDP litigation directives." — Ready to Deliver, retrieved 2026-10-18

  • Rely on Section 35 of the Constitution to protect aboriginal and treaty rights

    "Restore the section 35 constitutional framework." — Ready to Deliver, retrieved 2026-10-18

Treaties with First Nations

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BC Conservative

  • Publish maps and information about active Aboriginal title claims, negotiations, legal actions, and agreements before they become binding

    "Aboriginal Title Transparency Act. We will publish maps and information about active claims, negotiations, legal actions and agreements affecting public or private land before they become binding." — Ready to Deliver, retrieved 2026-10-18