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Grand Chief Stewart Phillip has endorsed BC NDP Leader David Eby for premier and BC Green Leader Emily Lowan in her own riding, citing his break with the NDP over Indigenous rights legislation.
Confidential Ministry of Forests documents from September 2026 show the NDP government had mapped out transfers of about 400 Crown land parcels to First Nations through treaty and reconciliation agreements.
BC Conservative interim leader Lorne Doerkson said on September 22 that he would repeal BC's law aligning provincial rules with the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, calling that his first priority if elected on October 24.