Could B.C. courts shoot down more laws after the Mineral Tenure Act was ruled 'inconsistent' with Indigenous rights?

The B.C. Conservatives are calling on Premier David Eby to recall the legislature before Christmas to repeal the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act, days after the B.C. Court of Appeal ruled that the provincial legislation was legally enforceable.

Trevor Halford, the interim Conservative leader, and his house leader, Á’a:líya Warbus, told reporters Monday that the act threatens the economy of the province.

“Economic viability in British Columbia affects Indigenous communities just as much as everybody else,” said Warbus. “So if B.C. is not economically viable, neither are those Indigenous communities on their own.”

On Friday, a panel of three judges ruled in a 2-1 decision that the province’s Mineral Tenure Act was in violation of the rights act, commonly referred to as