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“DRIPA creates a 'two-tier system' based on race.”

Drea Humphrey, Rebel News
BC Correspondent · Dec 2025

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UNDRIP is a universal human rights declaration, endorsed by 143 countries. Canada signed on fully in 2016. DRIPA aligns BC law with these human rights standards - it does not create race-based privileges. Section 1(3) of DRIPA explicitly says it 'does not abrogate or derogate from' existing constitutional rights. Aboriginal rights under Section 35 exist because of prior occupation - a legal distinction recognized by the Constitution.

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Gov|A/RES/61/295GovGov|S.B.C. 2019, c. 44Gov

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United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

United Nations General Assembly · 2007-09-13[A/RES/61/295]

Canada removes objector status to UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada · 2016-05-10

Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (Bill 41 - 2019)

Province of British Columbia · 2019-11-28[S.B.C. 2019, c. 44]

Constitution Act, 1982, Section 35

Government of Canada · 1982-04-17

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DRIPA Facts. (2026, April 1). UNDRIP is a universal human rights framework endorsed by 143 countries. Aboriginal rights are legal, not racial. DRIPA Facts. https://dripafacts.ca/en/myth/two-tier-system/
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DRIPA Facts. "UNDRIP is a universal human rights framework endorsed by 143 countries. Aboriginal rights are legal, not racial." DRIPA Facts, 1 Apr. 2026, dripafacts.ca/en/myth/two-tier-system.

First published: April 1, 2026