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DRIPA debated in B.C. election on Vancouver Island

The Conservative party of B.C. is promising to repeal the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (DRIPA), while other parties argue that would set back relations with First Nations and create economic uncertainty.
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