“If you own land in B.C., move. Get out of the province while you still can.”
Keith Wilson, Rebel News
Constitutional Lawyer · Dec 2025
Justice Young's Cowichan ruling stated explicitly that Aboriginal title does not 'displace private owners on the land.' The Cowichan Nation said they 'do not seek recovery of the private fee simple lands.' Legal expert Ng Ariss Fong confirmed: 'Where a private owner has bought land in good faith, without notice of an Aboriginal title claim, courts will preserve that interest.'
Supreme Court of British Columbia · Justice Barbara Young · 2025-08-07
Cowichan Tribes · 2025-10-27
Raven Trust · Jamie-Leigh Gonzales · 2026-02-04
Province of British Columbia & Cowichan Nation Chiefs · 2026-03-02
See also
Is my property at risk? - The full plain-language explainer
Seven sections, twenty primary-source documents. The Land Title Act, Justice Young, mortgage insurers, credit-rating agencies - what the documents actually say, with direct links.
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First published: April 1, 2026