BC's own data tells a different story. The BC Major Projects Inventory Q3 2025 lists $344.5 billion in active capital projects across 1,004 projects — 67 of them, worth $101.6 billion, have First Nations as owners or partners. Natural Resources Canada ranked BC third in Canada for mineral exploration spending in 2024. BC's credit ratings (Moody's Aa2, S&P A, DBRS AA, Fitch AA-) remain investment grade; the rating agencies' downgrade rationales cite provincial deficit and debt growth, not DRIPA. The Eby government's March 2025 Mineral Claims Consultation Framework is a targeted fix for mineral staking after the Gitxaała ruling — not a rollback of DRIPA.