{"id":1146145,"date":"2019-10-28T07:15:18","date_gmt":"2019-10-28T13:15:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mining.com\/?p=1005354"},"modified":"2019-10-28T07:15:18","modified_gmt":"2019-10-28T13:15:18","slug":"british-columbia-indigenous-rights-bill-should-not-be-a-problem-for-miners-industry-group","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/?p=1146145","title":{"rendered":"British Columbia Indigenous rights bill should not be a problem for miners: industry group"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Association for Mineral Exploration or AME, a Vancouver-based industry group, issued a communiqu\u00e9 stating that the sector expects \u201cminimal immediate change\u201d following the introduction of the new BC Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act.<\/p>\n<div class='d-flex justify-content-center'>\n<div id='div-gpt-ad-1561499308230-0'><script>googletag.cmd.push(function() {googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1561499308230-0');});<\/script><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Last week, the government of British Columbia in the figure of Premier John Horgan tabled <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Bill 41 (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/news.gov.bc.ca\/releases\/2019PREM0116-002037\" >Bill 41<\/a> on First Nations rights in the legislature. If passed, BC will be the first province in the country to legally implement the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. This means that Indigenous peoples will be included in all decision-making that impacts their rights and that all provincial laws would have to be aligned with the standards of the UN declaration.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAME supports the goal of the legislation to advance reconciliation with First Nations and the objective to reduce uncertainty for users of the land base,\u201d the Association said in its media statement. \u201cFor the BC mineral exploration and development industry, we expect minimal immediate change. The majority of companies in our industry are leaders when it comes to building relationships and early engagement with First Nations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In the release, Kendra Johnston, AME\u2019s president and CEO, wrote that mining companies understand how important it is to foster collaborative relationships with Indigenous Nations and governments in order to create improved investment certainty.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOver time, as provincial laws are brought into alignment with UNDRIP, we are cautiously optimistic that this legislation and its implementation will lead to a clear, transparent and timely project review process to attract the capital needed to develop our natural resources for the benefit of all British Columbians,\u201d Johnston said.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The new bill states that Indigenous peoples have to be included in all decision-making that impacts their rights and that all provincial laws would have to be aligned with UN 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