British Columbia leads with five-year-plan to implement UNDRIP

British Columbia released its UNDRIP Action Plan on April 7. If fully implemented, this will change the legal and governmental landscape by rolling back the colonial power dynamic of government to make space for joint decision-making with Indigenous communities.
Jessica Wood, assistant deputy minister of British Columbia's Ministry of Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation Secretariat, is Gitxsan and Tsimshian.
OTTAWA—In 2019, British Columbia legislated to review provincial laws to ensure they are consistent with the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP), to develop an action plan, make annual reports on progress, and enable joint decision-making with Indigenous governi...

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