Event19 November 2025Action

Elenore Sturko introduces Bill M 223, Interpretation Amendment Act (No. 2), 2025, to repeal section 8.1 of BC's Interpretation Act (the UN Declaration consistency rule)

BC Conservative MLA Elenore Sturko introduced a private member's bill, Bill M 223, Interpretation Amendment Act (No. 2), 2025, at first reading on 19 November 2025. Its clause 1 repeals section 8.1 of the Interpretation Act, the rule that BC laws be read consistently with the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (a provision added in connection with DRIPA, not a section of DRIPA itself). The bill went no further than first reading (Legislative Assembly of British Columbia).

Date

19 November 2025

Kind

Legislation

Where

British Columbia

Evidence

Action: Something was done: a law switched on, a tariff imposed, money committed. How evidence is weighed

Who

Elenore Sturko (acted)

Sources

• Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, “Bill M 223 - 2025: Interpretation Amendment Act (No. 2), 2025 (first reading)” (external site), 19 November 2025. source record

Laws and agreements

• Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (BC) (SBC 2019, c. 44 (Bill 41, 2019))