BY BRIAN GIESBRECHT
Sacred Bones Duty to consult, UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples seriously eroding property rights
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he case of a frustrated pub owner on Hornby Island, B.C., might be a preview of what is to come if the United Nations Declaration
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on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) becomes law in the rest of Canada. UNDRIP was adopted by B.C. in 2019. It remains an aspirational document elsewhere in Canada, but the Trudeau government is pushing hard
to enact it into law. A brief look at the Hornby Island case might give landowners some idea of what to expect in a UNDRIP future. Briefly put, ancient human remains were found on the pub owner’s property when he was attempting
