VICTORIA — The New Democrats will be trying to explain Thursday why guaranteeing free, prior and informed consent to First Nations is not the same as granting them a veto.
Premier John Horgan has been struggling to explain why that is not the same as a veto since he endorsed UNDRIP without reservation three years ago. The legislation was endorsed by the federal Liberal government and it was passed by the House of Commons in the spring of 2018. Federal officials did appear but did not offer all that much in the way of clarification. Here’s Ross Pattee, an assistant deputy minister in the federal ministry of indigenous relations: “Free, prior and informed consent is not defined in the UN declaration, and there is no international or domestic agreement on the meaning of the principle of free, prior and informed consent.
But what if all those well-intentioned efforts fail to produce consensus? Does a First Nation then have a veto? “It’s important to understand the difference between a veto and a withdrawal or refusal to consent. The fact that you ask permission for someone to do something, and they say no, doesn’t mean you are stopped from doing it,” he continued.
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