There has been a surge in anti-Indigenous sentiments and politics in Canada, seen most recently in a rancorous race to lead the British Columbia Conservative Party, as well as in provincial protests denying the harms of the residential school system.
According to the messaging at the B.C. leadership race, repealing the province’s Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (DRIPA) will enshrine private property, revive the forestry industry and restore democracy.
