David Eby just signed the North Coast Protection Declaration with a handful of First Nation chiefs without asking a single British Columbian for input and without taking it to the Legislature.
So let’s get this straight, our Premier is helping Ottawa and a few coastal elites lock Alberta and Northern B.C. out of the ocean, block our export routes, and kill off future jobs all while pretending it’s about “protection.”
Whose protection? Not ours.
Not the working people in Fort St. John, Dawson Creek, Chetwynd, or any other northern communities who depend on energy, forestry, and resource jobs. It’s about pandering to activists and UN bureaucrats while handcuffing our provinces’ ability to build and trade.
Alberta can ship south through the U.S. Gulf and bypass B.C. entirely, that means lost billions in trade revenue, lost port fees, lost jobs, and lost hope for the next generation in the Peace.
Meanwhile, Eby and a few chiefs get to claim “shared governance”, but what they’re really doing is setting a dangerous precedent that will hurt the entire province, and country, moving forward.
The fact that a few politicians and hereditary leaders can shut down national development without the consent of the people, is a completely wrong approach for the whole of the province and even Canada, its Canadas coast too, not strictly BC's.
This action shows an overpowering Heavy Handed approach that we do not need, and David Eby is using this power in a dangerous way.
First Nations and non-Indigenous workers alike are going to pay the price.
The North will see fewer pipelines, fewer tankers, fewer paycheques and more division. This isn’t leadership, It’s sabotage dressed up as reconciliation.
If we keep letting Eby and the UN-style environmental lobby run B.C., Alberta will keep building south and we’ll be left behind, broke, divided, and wondering how we lost control of our own future.
It’s time to stand up for economic sovereignty, local jobs, and real democracy before our coastlines become political trophies instead of working ports.
We Need A Plan to Bring Everyone Together and Build Our Future.
Not more theatrics and virtue signaling by a Premier and government that have been hell-bent on destroying our industries by any means necessary since they got in power.
They're all talk, not real action to build our province up again.
Talk is cheap.
It’s time to move forward not by dividing, but by building.
The North, the Coast, Alberta, and the rest of Western Canada all deserve a seat at the same table.
Instead of David Eby signing secret declarations and locking out Alberta and Northern B.C. from opportunity, let’s create a real plan that gets everyone; Native and non-Native working together and prospering.
Here’s what that looks like:
- True Partnership with FN and British Columbians and that Partnership means building together, not blocking progress. Let’s make this a proper equal partnership and owners in resource projects, not political pawns for Victoria or Ottawa.
- A Northern Prosperity Corridor will let the Peace lead the way by building a trade corridor from Fort St. John to Prince Rupert thus connecting energy, forestry, rail, and port infrastructure so we keep good jobs in the North.
- A Balanced Development to protect our environment and grow our economy.
Every project should restore what it touches, from reforestation to carbon capture while keeping people working.
- Accountability and Transparency will mean No more backroom deals.
Any new “declaration” must go through the Legislature and include public hearings so every British Columbian can have a say.
- Local Power Decisions about Northern B.C. should be made IN Northern B.C. while letting our communities control local revenues, training, and development funds.
- Unite Western Canada by embracing other provinces; B.C., Alberta, and Saskatchewan must stand together, not fight each other.
Let's bring it all together.