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Backlash to a landmark court decision granting aboriginal title to private land in Richmond, B.C. continues.
Premier Eby weighed in on the controversial case Thursday, at an unrelated press conference.
“We’re committed to reconciliation, we’re going to do it. This decision upends a lot of our work,” Eby said when asked about the Cowichan Tribes decision. …
On Thursday, Richmond Mayor Malcolm Brodie said the city has filed an appeal.
“The decision of the court basically took the land title system that we have had in the province for so many years and has worked so well, and it has basically upended it,” said Brodie.
He says he worries the case could have implications for private property owners across B.C.
“This could impact almost every freehold interest in the province,” said Brodie Thursday. …