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Indian Act Sex Discrimination Working Group News Release
Senate Committee votes to eliminate the second generation cut-off

Nov 19, Ottawa, ON – The Standing Senate Committee on Indigenous Peoples (APPA Committee) voted 10-1 in favour of amendments to Bill S-2 that, if supported by the Senate and House of Commons, will eliminate the second generation cut-off and prevent the legislative extinction of First Nations.

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For immediate release
November 20, 2025

Union of BC Indian Chiefs (UBCIC), Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH), and the Provincial Health Services Authority (PHSA) reach a settlement agreement to improve supports for Indigenous peoples through their liver transplant care journeys

UBCIC, VCH and PHSA are pleased to announce they have reached a settlement agreement regarding class complaints made through the BC Human Rights Tribunal (BC HRT). Under the agreement, UBCIC will withdraw its complaints with the BC HRT and VCH and PHSA will make specific amendments to British Columbia’s liver transplant guidelines.

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November 13, 2025

UBCIC Objects to Canada’s Latest Addition of B.C. LNG and Related Resource Developments to Major Projects List

(xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil Waututh)/ Vancouver, B.C. – November 13, 2025) Today, Prime Minister Mark Carney confirmed that the Ksi Lisims LNG export terminal and the associated Prince Rupert Gas Transmission (PRGT) pipeline in northwestern B.C.,  and the North Coast Transmission Line, along with four other projects across the country, are being referred to the Major Projects Office for consideration. These projects are being advanced under the One Canada Economy Act (OCEA), legislation that gives Ottawa sweeping authority to fast-track resource and infrastructure projects deemed to be “in the national interest.”

Budget 2025: Canada Fails to Fulfil Duties To Resolve Specific Claims

November 12, 2025

(xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh)/Vancouver, B.C.)) The Union of BC Indian Chiefs BC Specific Claims Working Group (BCSCWG) is deeply concerned about  Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Budget 2025, released November 4, which pushes aside Canada’s legal responsibility to resolve First Nations’ historical claims in favour of a regressive, ill-informed, and hasty approach to advancing “major projects” and economic development on unceded First Nations’ lands.

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November 10, 2025

UBCIC Recognizes 2025 as the International Year of Glaciers’ Preservation and Calls for Strengthened Action to Protect B.C.’s Rivers of Ice

(xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil Waututh)/ Vancouver, B.C. – November 10, 2025) The Union of BC Indian Chiefs (UBCIC) is formally recognizing 2025 as the International Year of Glaciers’ Preservation (IYGP), as declared by the United Nations General Assembly, and the launch of the Decade of Action for Cryospheric Science (2025–2034).

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November 3, 2025

First Nations Leadership Council Call for the Immediate Resignation of MLA Dallas Brodie

(xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh)/Vancouver, B.C.) The First Nations Leadership Council (FNLC) calls for the immediate resignation of MLA Dallas Brodie and rejects the deeply disturbed anti-Indigenous and residential school denialist rhetoric perpetuated by MLA Dallas Brodie and the OneBC party against First Nations in B.C. Their reprehensible words and actions continue to perpetuate harm against Residential School survivors and they must be investigated and held accountable.

CALL FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST
Uplifting Youth Climate Leaders Project

The First Nations Leadership Council (FNLC) is seeking a consultant to deliver the Uplifting Youth Climate Leaders Project working with the FNLC Climate Project manager, UBCIC staff and the FNLC climate team.

Background

The First Nations Leadership Council (FNLC) is a political collaborative working relationship between the British Columbia Assembly of First Nations (BCAFN), the First Nations Summit (FNS), and the Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs (UBCIC).