We are a diverse collection of homeowners, realtors, mortgage brokers, lawyers and notaries, builders, developers and residents of BC that want governments to protect private property rights.
We are asking leaders across BC to commit to the following.
1,247+ British Columbians have joined the coalition
$2.8T
in BC real estate facing title uncertainty
A title is a promise. That promise is being rewritten without us.
Every home, farm and business premises in the province rests on the same foundation: a title that means what it says. Families across British Columbia bought their homes in good faith, on the plain understanding that fee simple title meant what the law said it meant. That understanding is now the subject of legal changes they never agreed to nor could have foreseen, and cannot afford.
What's at stake
This is not an abstraction. It is the roof over your head.
Homeowners, realtors, brokers, lawyers, notaries, builders and developers are all being asked to work around an uncertainty that no one voted for. We are asking BC's leaders to end it, clearly, in legislation, and soon.
Who this affects
Every candidate for public office in BC is asked to commit to the following:
Repeal DRIPA immediately, and undo the Interpretation Act amendments that give teeth to DRIPA legislation.
Pass a "Property Rights Clarification Act" that enshrines in legislation that all parcels held as fee simple extinguish aboriginal title on that parcel. There cannot be co-existence of aboriginal and fee simple title anywhere in BC. The legal and constitutional principle guiding this will be the appropriate assertion of parliamentary supremacy against activist judicial rulings.
End the practice of land acknowledgements by publicly funded institutions.
Promise that there will be no regulatory authority or co-management of public lands. No native tribe can have independent authority to regulate or veto improvements and operations on Crown land, nor on government-regulated assets tied to privately held property.
Equal access to Crown land and public parks.
No secret treaty negotiations, and an introduction of a hard deadline on how long treaty negotiations can take place.
Ensure all treaties are conducted on a fast, fair and final basis.
Thousands of British Columbians have already put their names to this platform. Every signature makes it harder for BC's leaders to look away.
Sign the Platform →Add your name to tell BC's leaders where you stand.
Join homeowners, realtors, brokers, lawyers, notaries, builders, developers and residents across British Columbia calling on our leaders to defend private property rights.
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