A British Columbia Supreme Court judge, back in August, decided that Aboriginal title trumps, like, your mortgage and tax bill after a five-year hearing, leaving it to everyone else to straighten out the mess she just created. The indigenous Cowichan tribal council decided to lay claim to a lovely stretch of the Fraser River in downtown Richmond, B.C., where their ancestors had fished on and off in camps for centuries but never actually, like, lived. The mayor of Richmond upsets everyone because he makes sure every single property owner in town knows that the Indians now claim their lands, which no one had bothered to tell them before, or that they were even in danger of possibly losing title to this tribe out of nowhere.
Now, if you want to sell your property or make improvements, you have to get a blessing from the Cowichans, even though this is still in the appeals stage. But you won't be able to sell it because of the Cowichans - no one wants to deal with a tribe owning property. Banks are also canceling previously approved commercial loans based on the tribal court victory because no one wants to deal with a tribal council.
David Eby, B.C. Premier, devoted Communist China booster, and uber-woke guru is keeping his head low during all of this, having facilitated much of the First Nations' power grabs.
The city of North Vancouver, B.C. has just sent letters to its residents, warning them that their land titles may well be in jeopardy. Thanks to the inspiring victory of the Cowichans, there are - count 'em - three tribes laying claim to 'unceded property' within the township borders. It turns out, once everyone got spooked enough to look, that 95% of the land in British Columbia falls under the requisite parameters for Aboriginal title claims by whatever tribes get there first to plant their fishing spears and feathers.