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Geoff Russ: Eby's gross mishandling of property rights is uniting the province against him

The public has had enough of the reconciliation agenda

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When British Columbians next go to the polls, the election will be fought over the endless quagmires of reconciliation, affordability, and addiction. It will also be fought over property rights, and that issue promises to overshadow all the others.

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Do British Columbians actually own the property they have purchased? The question has gone unanswered since last summer, when the B.C. Supreme Court ruled that Aboriginal title was senior to fee simple in the Cowichan case. Now, that same question has escaped B.C.’s borders and become an issue in Ottawa.

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Last month, the Conservative Party of Canada forced a vote on an opposition motion that called on the federal government to put private property first in its litigation of the Cowichan case. It contained demands to replace federal litigation guidance that Conservatives say softens the defence of property rights, require explicit protections for fee simple property in future First Nations agreements, and strike a special committee on private property rights.

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