@Dave_Eby , Your joint statement with the FNLC is a straight-up capitulation. After floating amendments to suspend or pause key DRIPA sections and Interpretation Act provisions following the Gitxaała court ruling, you’ve now confirmed zero legislation in the spring 2026 session. That’s not “joint talks” or reconciliation, it’s handing a veto to roughly 5.7% of BC’s population while the other 94.3% foot the bill for the chaos. The numbers are brutal and public. Fraser Institute data puts stalled resource projects, mining, LNG, critical minerals, at over 670 billion dollars because of endless FPIC-driven delays and uncertainty. StatsCan’s February 2026 release shows 84,000 national job losses in the sector, BC’s share is about 20,000. Provincial budget deficits are locked in at 11 to 13 billion dollars, provincial debt is climbing past 180 billion dollars, and you’re already planning 15,000 public-sector cuts plus tax hikes while net population outflow hit 41,000 last year. Auditor General reports keep confirming the same pattern federally: 24 to 32 billion dollars annually on Indigenous programming with dismal measurable outcomes. This is not evidence-based governance. This is ideology over arithmetic. DRIPA’s FPIC provisions create exactly what Section 15 of the Charter forbids: race-based differential treatment that undermines equality before the law and the rule of law for every citizen. Modern treaties with finality, Nisga’a, Tsawwassen, already proved certainty works. Perpetual, ever-expanding claims do not. You’re choosing the model that freezes investment, kills jobs, and balloons debt instead of the one that delivers clarity and shared prosperity. This backdown wasn’t driven by new evidence or public interest. It was driven by activist pressure and internal NDP threats after your own caucus and the FNLC pushed back. British Columbians are not collateral damage for your political survival. Repeal the FPIC elements. Legislate statutory timelines for project approvals. Prioritize citizens who actually pay the taxes that keep the lights on. Evidence over excuses. Precision over propaganda. Citizens first. Canada first. One law for all.