2026 Canadian Political Thread

[licks2nite]

Premier Eby says changing DRIPA is 'non-negotiable' and will be pushed into law

Instead of describing how the province must align its "laws" with the declaration, it says the government will instead be "working toward aligning enactments with the declaration."

https://www.biv.com/news/premier-eb...gotiable-and-will-be-pushed-into-law-12090739

The Conservative Party of BC advocates for the full repeal of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (DRIPA), arguing that the legislation creates legal uncertainty, hinders economic investment, and damages investor confidence. The party has strongly opposed proposed amendments, calling the process "secretive" and demanding it be scrapped rather than amended.

The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) does not propose or require that individual homeowners give up their land titles. UNDRIP is a human rights instrument that focuses on the relationship between Indigenous peoples and governments, not on dispossessing private citizens of their homes.

The court ruled that Crown grants of fee simple interest to the City of Richmond and the federal government in the area are "defective and invalid" due to unjustifiable infringement on Aboriginal title.

The ruling specifically noted that this does not invalidate private homeowner titles, as that relief was not sought by the Cowichan Nation.

Many First Nations have stated they do not seek the return of homes or small businesses, focusing instead on reclaiming land from government, municipal, or corporate entities.

https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026/04/02/Eby-Wrong-Signals-DRIPA-Amendments/

The Supreme Court wording suggests if Cowichan Nation had asked for relief against home owners the Supreme Court might have agreed. More typical of historical unfairness repeatedly mentioned against victims.

Really, considering the available literature, the Supreme Court created unnecessary angst amongst home owners in southeast Richmond BC and added to the uncertainty of business interest and investment throughout British Columbia as if home owners should share the angst with corporate entities.

 

[licks2nite]

F-35 update

Iran war revealing vulnabilities. Useful information for any nation creating or purchasing weapons. The stealth F-35 touted as the situational awareness battlefield hegemon blinded by ISR losses.

Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR)

As an F-35 purchaser Canada would depend upon non-Canadian data collected and service from multiple sources in a conflict orchestrated by somebody else's financial interests.

MQ-9 Reaper


E-3 Sentry


E-2D Hawkeye


EA-18G Growler
An advanced variant in the CF-18 Hornet


KC-135 Stratotanker


A-10 Warthog
Ground attack aircraft with 30mm gatling gun and armor-piercing incendiary rounds.


In Iran war, four air superiority F-15 Eagles lost and some damaged. Mixed reports of one damaged F-35 forced to land -- to one F-35 destroyed and several damaged. KC-135 tanker destroyed killing 6 crew. One A-10 Warthog. A loss of non-stealth assets render F-35 ineffective at best and vulnerable to advances in technology.


F-35 add-ons, some toxic, not included in initial F-35 purchase already $100K per unit:
Recent advances in stealth coatings focus on multispectral, high-temperature-resistant, and durable materials, moving beyond just radar absorption to include infrared (IR) and thermal management. Key developments include graphene-based metasurfaces, carbon nanotube composites, and advanced ceramic materials that withstand up to 1,800°C. These innovations prioritize thinner, more durable coatings, such as those used on the B-21, that are effective across wide frequency bands.

Ongoing supply chain issues. Clearly to me at least, the F-35 a financial black hole in service of hegemon sabotaging client economies on rocks failing basic services at home.

 

[masterpoonhunter]

Melanie Joy
I was at a local tech company this past week and had a chance to be pretty close to her during a meet/greet/photo-op.
She is a M I L F ... has a look about her that (if I read the room right) had every guy in there starting up their motors. Mine for sure.
Ok back to regular programming.

 

[Ray]

The EA-18G Growler isn't simply an updated version of the F/A-18, it's designed specifically for electronic warfare. Signal jamming and electronic countermeasures.

 

[licks2nite]

Carney’s Government Is Not Failing to See China’s Threat. It Is Choosing to Look Away.

Troubling still, the suggestion from RCMP Commissioner Mike Duheme that there was no evidence of foreign interference in certain contexts. With respect, that kind of statement does not align with what we now know from intelligence assessments, public reporting, and the testimony of those directly targeted.

Not random activity. Follows a pattern I recognized throughout my policing career — identify critics, apply pressure, amplify favourable voices, and shape the environment quietly, over time.

https://www.todayville.com/carneys-...ee-chinas-threat-it-is-choosing-to-look-away/

Some think little of Chinese diaspora being targeted in Canada. Didn't mention fentanyl.

 

[80watts]

Premier Eby says changing DRIPA is 'non-negotiable' and will be pushed into law

Instead of describing how the province must align its "laws" with the declaration, it says the government will instead be "working toward aligning enactments with the declaration."

https://www.biv.com/news/premier-eb...gotiable-and-will-be-pushed-into-law-12090739

The Conservative Party of BC advocates for the full repeal of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (DRIPA), arguing that the legislation creates legal uncertainty, hinders economic investment, and damages investor confidence. The party has strongly opposed proposed amendments, calling the process "secretive" and demanding it be scrapped rather than amended.

The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) does not propose or require that individual homeowners give up their land titles. UNDRIP is a human rights instrument that focuses on the relationship between Indigenous peoples and governments, not on dispossessing private citizens of their homes.

The court ruled that Crown grants of fee simple interest to the City of Richmond and the federal government in the area are "defective and invalid" due to unjustifiable infringement on Aboriginal title.

The ruling specifically noted that this does not invalidate private homeowner titles, as that relief was not sought by the Cowichan Nation.

Many First Nations have stated they do not seek the return of homes or small businesses, focusing instead on reclaiming land from government, municipal, or corporate entities.

https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026/04/02/Eby-Wrong-Signals-DRIPA-Amendments/

The Supreme Court wording suggests if Cowichan Nation had asked for relief against home owners the Supreme Court might have agreed. More typical of historical unfairness repeatedly mentioned against victims.

Really, considering the available literature, the Supreme Court created unnecessary angst amongst home owners in southeast Richmond BC and added to the uncertainty of business interest and investment throughout British Columbia as if home owners should share the angst with corporate entities.

Many First Nations have stated they do not seek the return of homes or small businesses, focusing instead on reclaiming land from government, municipal, or corporate entities.
Institutions that can afford to pay money. But the downside is that governments and municipal rely on your tax dollars. So to make up for paying the Aboriginals, they have to raise taxes to pay the Aboriginals. Corporate institutions will just pass make up lost money, by charging more. Either way normal all house owners and tax payers get a increased bill and increased service/products (from those corporations).

Canada already has the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, making any more laws for Muslims (Fed law) and that DRIPA law (prov law), should already be covered by the Charter of Rights and Freedoms and other Cdn law (criminal code). Specific laws regarding one race or religion only makes common people take more notice of how they are being mistreated by these specific laws.... It is unfair to give specific rights to anybody, without harming/taking away the rights of the majority of people.

 

[80watts]

Carney’s Government Is Not Failing to See China’s Threat. It Is Choosing to Look Away.

Troubling still, the suggestion from RCMP Commissioner Mike Duheme that there was no evidence of foreign interference in certain contexts. With respect, that kind of statement does not align with what we now know from intelligence assessments, public reporting, and the testimony of those directly targeted.

Not random activity. Follows a pattern I recognized throughout my policing career — identify critics, apply pressure, amplify favourable voices, and shape the environment quietly, over time.

https://www.todayville.com/carneys-...ee-chinas-threat-it-is-choosing-to-look-away/

Some think little of Chinese diaspora being targeted in Canada. Didn't mention fentanyl.

Chinese companies own many Cdn companies and control many minerals and mines. Do believe they own at least one oil sand company in Alberta. They also own mines in Canada, that are considered to be valuable to Canadian interests.... So Carney will be letting those companies slide, especially for National Security.

Its kinda unfortunate and very scary, when you see India and China trying to influence Canadian politics. Wont mentions US, cause they got all Canadians by their balls (look at how many Canadian corporations are owned by US interest).

 

[licks2nite]

As of April 10, 2026, Canada's Bill C-9, the Combatting Hate Act, has passed third reading in the House of Commons (186-137) as of March 25, 2026, and has been sent to the Senate for review. The bill, which seeks to amend the Criminal Code regarding hate crimes and hate propaganda, has faced intense debate over the removal of the legal defense for good faith religious expression.

According to critics and supporters of proposed amendments to Canada's Bill C-9 (the Combatting Hate Act), the legislation extends beyond the Holy Bible to confront other religious writings.

Reports indicate that amendments aimed at removing the "religious exemption" for hate speech laws could apply to various sacred texts if they are used to promote hatred.

• Key Religious Texts Identified: Critics and petitioners, including Conservative MPs, have argued that the proposed changes could be used to criminalize passages from the Bible, the Quran, the Torah, and other sacred texts.

The Bill also proposes new offences regarding the obstruction of, or intimidation at, all "places of religious worship," thus applying to temples, mosques, and synagogues, not just churches.

In approval of Bill C-9 we're coping with limited space. Passages advocating preference for a believer and misfortune for non-believer in an interconnected world constitute conspiracy to commit crime. In an evolving society, written law becomes the new religion and the old texts become anthropological testimony of where we've been and how we we got here. We're not supposed to inconvenience humans the way we inconvenience animals for food and living space.

 

[licks2nite]

The lesson Canadians are learning is that economic strength isn’t just about jobs and affordability. Economic strength is geopolitical leverage and we need it to protect our nation’s sovereignty in an increasingly unstable world.

Around the world, investment capital is moving quickly to  jurisdictions that offer clarity, certainty, and the ability to execute. Canada must ensure it remains one of them.

For example, the new federal methane rules and the proposal to significantly alter industrial carbon taxes are initiatives that do not “take on the world as it is.” Instead, they impose billions of dollars in costs on the oil and gas and other resource-based industries. Adding new costs, particularly when no other country is doing the same.

https://www.todayville.com/canadian-sovereignty-is-at-risk-if-we dont act-decisively-on-the-economy /

Unfortunately, inertia of climate activisim in Canada continues to virtue signal competitors and the world about carbon as increasingly, the climate change meme comes under reput from Antarctic ice core samples. About all you can expect, I suppose, of a nation refusing to meet a challenge to produce finished fuel products instead of piping bitumen and downstream careers offshore.

 

[licks2nite]

In a landmark December 2025 ruling, the B.C. Court of Appeal ruled that the province's mineral tenure system was inconsistent with the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP), affirming that DRIPA (Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act) makes UNDRIP legally binding and enforceable in B.C.

Eby has staked his government on plans to suspend sections of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act for up to three years.

The premier has said government faces "very serious litigation risk" from a December court decision known as the Gitxaala ruling.

Eby said in a letter obtained by The Canadian Press that the ruling means every provincial law can be challenged for being inconsistent with the UN declaration.

https://www.biv.com/news/economy-la...peril-over-dripa-political-scientist-12132726

UNDRIP should have been examined more carefully before trying to implement DRIPA. Most British Columbians can likely breath easier pushing back against aggressive offshore globalist UN declarations seeking to emulsify wealth & poverty.

Suppose we should look for a consistant hard-to-find argument with a long-view. If we say a million initial inhabitants can't claim half a continent all to themselves, can we tolerate 2 billion Asians claiming 40 million Canadians can't either. From such a juncture we have to argue sustainability and lifestyle. Just ride the the R5 bus through Vancouver's Downtown Eastside a few times to understand the outcomes of growing a population without supporting career paths. For other British Columbians it's trips through devastating burn sites. Two-thirds caused by people.

 

[Sheen]

Look what placating to the United Nations has cost us.

 

[Cock Throppled]

Why would Canada, or any province, give a flying fuck about any UN declaration, and how on earth can any Canadian court say such a declaration supercedes Canadian law, or the constitution? We are really in Bizarro World here.

 

[Sheen]

The British Columbia Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (DRIPA) was passed unanimously in the B.C. Legislature on November 26, 2019, and received Royal Assent on November 28, 2019, before coming into force on November 29, 2019. It was the first legislation in Canada to formally adopt the UN Declaration (UNDRIP) into law

 

[Sheen]

https://theprovince.com/news/facing...vote/wcm/9662ef95-7287-4714-b1ed-f213767093ac

Could be the downfall of the BC NDP.

 

[Billiam]

For anyone looking to actually contribute to the current Canadian political scene, keep in mind that provincially we have the opportunity to make history with not only one but two MLA's up for RECALL starting next week.
Both Dallas Brodie and Tara Armstrong stand a very good chance of being the first ever successfully Recalled in Canada. It's a rigorous process, but these two traitors' deserve the time and effort necessary.
I implore anyone who's a registered voter and living in or near the districts of Vancouver-Quilchena and/or Kelowna/Lake Country/Coldstream to become involved in this 60-day part of the process for collecting signatures. Every single one counts.
Visit Elections BC after April 19 for more info.
Thanks for listening.

 

[licks2nite]

Alberta testing AI-powered drone technology in battle against wild boar

Thermal drones combined with fledgling artificial intelligence programs are showing promise in strengthening Alberta's defences against invasive, destructive wild boar.

Herds trample natural habitats, devour crops and harass livestock. They contaminate water sources by wallowing in wetlands, and carry diseases, including African swine fever, that can spread to domesticated pigs.

"Would be immensely destructive to Alberta's pork industry if there was a case detected in Alberta". “That's why people are pushing hard now to eliminate wild boar, before that happens."

Warned that true eradication of wild boar decades away and requires a national, science-based strategy to outsmart a species that does not respect provincial boundaries.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/alberta-wild-boar-drones-9.7159112

Private hunting is banned, as it often causes the herds to scatter and become harder to eliminate. Only authorized, coordinated efforts are allowed, though landowners may kill them on their own property.

Considered a threat to the economy and environment. It is illegal to possess, transport, or sell live wild boar without a permit.

Known to inhabit at least 24 to 28 municipalities, largely in north-central areas. While provincial estimates are unknown, the Squeal on Pigs campaign has killed 314 pigs since 2021.

Seen as far south as Cardston near US border.

Drones equipped with thermal sensors to detect animal heat signatures, particularly at night to locate elusive species.

 

[licks2nite]

Ex-consultants now drafting B.C. mine permit they once promoted

Metadata from draft mine permits obtained show two former consultants for Seabridge Gold Inc. amending documents. The changes reduce the mine's upfront security deposit and remove sections on wastewater treatment—an area the individuals worked on as consultants.

Major Mines Office’s decision to allow the former consultants to work on the KSM permit exposes a deep systemic flaw: B.C.’s conflict-of-interest rules are self-policed, hidden from the public and entirely lack independent oversight.

The massive deposit of gold, copper, silver and molybdenum is estimated to be worth US$7.9 billion after taxes.

https://www.biv.com/news/economy-la...ng-bc-mine-permit-they-once-promoted-12063721

BC wild west ambience. For a jurisdiction with a reputation of slow approval and permitting processes now faces, and possibly always faced, an alternative of insiders rigging the process.

 

[Larry's Torch]

Bill to Stop Floor Crossing in Canadian Parliament
There is no current law in Canada that prevents MPs from changing parties, a practice known as "floor crossing." While numerous private members' bills have been introduced over the years to address this, none have become law.

Key Legislative Attempts

• Bill C-306 (2011): Introduced by NDP MP Mathieu Ravignat, it would have required MPs who change parties to vacate their seat and trigger a by-election. It was defeated in 2012, with opposition from Conservatives, Liberals, and the Bloc Québécois, including Pierre Poilievre.
• Bill C-212 (2016): Introduced by NDP MP Don Davies, it aimed to require MPs who switch parties to seek re-election. It passed first reading but did not advance further.
• Recurring Proposals: Former NDP MP Peter Stoffer introduced similar bills multiple times since 2000, all of which failed.

Pierre Poilievre's Stance on Floor Crossing
Pierre Poilievre has strongly criticized recent instances of floor crossing, particularly after four members of his Conservative caucus—Chris d'Entremont, Michael Ma, Matt Jeneroux, and Marilyn Gladu—defected to the Liberal Party in late 2025 and early 2026. He has framed these moves as "dirty backroom deals" orchestrated by Prime Minister Mark Carney to gain a majority government without a public mandate.
Poilievre argues that floor crossing "betray(s) the people who voted for them" and claims that Carney is effectively saying "your vote does not count." He has called for greater democratic accountability, advocating for recall petitions that would allow constituents to force a byelection when an MP changes parties.

Past Voting Record and Criticism of Hypocrisy
Despite his current position, Poilievre voted against a 2012 NDP bill (C-306) that would have automatically triggered byelections when MPs switch parties. At the time, as a Conservative MP under Stephen Harper, he opposed the measure, which was defeated 181 to 91. This has led to accusations of hypocrisy, with critics noting he now demands accountability he previously helped block.
Poilievre has not committed to reintroducing legislation to ban or penalize floor crossing, instead deferring the decision to his caucus. He now supports recall mechanisms similar to those in Alberta, where voters can petition to remove an MP.

If the tables were turned, Poilievre would be welcoming the new members and would not be calling these actions "undemocratic" and the result of "dirty backroom deals" as he has been doing.

Ya gotta love the complete bald faced hypocrisy of politics.

 

[westwoody]

Would Polievre be against members of other parties defecting to the Conservatives?
I think not.

 

[westwoody]

The British Columbia Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act

Tear up the Indian act.
Close Indian and Northern Affairs.
The system is massively corrupt and at best 10% of taxpayers money goes to the people living on reserves, the rest is all grift.
Taxpayers would save tens of billions of dollars.


Don’t bother commenting if you haven’t been to a northern reserve lately.
Well meaning but clueless do gooders perpetuate this disaster.