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Premier David Eby's choices in the wake of the province losing two court decisions related to Indigenous consultation and reconciliation will be closely scrutinized, according to experts and critics. As 2025 comes to an end, one expert says reconciliation efforts may be Eby's biggest challenge to date.

Eby is facing criticism for how he plans to handle reconciliation efforts

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B.C. Premier David Eby faces major challenges to close out 2025

B.C. Premier David Eby is closing out the year facing a major challenge with the Cowichan Tribes land claim case and calls to reform the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act. Legislative reporter Katie DeRosa sat down with the premier to talk about 2025, which started off with a tariff war, and the year ahead.

As 2025 draws to a close, B.C. Premier David Eby is facing increased criticism around the NDP's reconciliation promises.

The province has recently lost two legal battles around Indigenous reconciliation and consultation, resulting in the premier saying the province doesn't always get it right.

Now Eby has said he plans to amend the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (DRIPA).

"It’ll make it very clear that this agreement between us and First Nations was to work together and negotiate at the table," Eby said.

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'Cloud' of tension between Aboriginal title and private property ownership lands in B.C.

Eby says B.C. may revise DRIPA legislation, worries court is 'in driver's seat'

"It was not to create conflict, division, litigation, additional lawsuits."

But now some Indigenous leaders are criticizing the decision to backtrack on DRIPA, while the B.C. Conservatives say Eby was wrong from the start.

As CBC’s Katie DeRosa reports, the matter may be Eby’s biggest challenge to date.