Nikki Skuce

In this month's newsletter, BCMLR co-chair @nikkiskuce reflects on taking in moments of awe and protecting beautiful, wild spaces in northwestern B.C. Check out a full recap in the slides 🧵(1/2)

Bad mines make for bad mining reputation. B.C. gold miner penalized $222K for burying garbage biv.com/news/environme… via @BIVnews #bcpoli

The fear mongering and racism over a human rights instrument and the courts requiring the mineral explorers to have to (gasp) ask permission instead of being granted “free entry” makes me sick. Uphold UNDRIP @Dave_Eby #bcpoli

@BobDEithKC Thanks for speaking up! So much fear-mongering and misinformation over the implications of this ruling

DRIPA legislation is an important part of truth and reconciliation. Your party voted unanimously to pass it with the entire house when it was brought in. If, however, courts interpret the Act contrary to the original intent, then it is incumbent upon the government to clarify with amendments.

@NVanCaroline The misinformation you spread is so damaging. The Mineral Tenure Act needs an overhaul-and courts agreed that it needs to align with some basic human rights. Prospectors can also claim rural private property with no need for permission. UNDRIP isn’t a problem - fear of change is

Message to David Eby: repeal your disastrous UNDRIP legislation, or resign.

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B.C.'s Indigenous rights law is legally enforceable, not just government policy, rules court timescolonist.com/economy-law-po… via @timescolonist

"and declare that the CGC’s conduct in establishing an online system allowing for automatic registration of mineral claims without requiring prior consultation and cooperation of affected Indigenous peoples is inconsistent with article 32(2) of UNDRIP."

Major court decision out today in British Columbia concluding "UNDRIP and the mineral claims regime are inconsistent". Just reviewing and you can too at: bccourts.ca/jdb-txt/ca/25/… #bcpoli #mining

@RobShaw_BC They are neighbours

NEW - MLA Sharon Hartwell when asked if Halford is the new Conservative leader. “He’s not my leader. John Rustad is my leader.” Disputes caucus vote.

@meganenns @UBC @edplanbc Way to add stress to the process! Apparently UBC has a notice up now and will give leeway to apply this week when the system is fixed for early enrolment and scholarships.

@nikkiskuce @UBC @edplanbc Same issue it is crazy we have two computers trying and everything is just spinning

@UBC My daughter (and her friend) have been trying to submit their application thru @edplanbc for hours now and it’s stuck frustratingly on loading spirals. Help?!

@LJBallknower @UBC @edplanbc Nope

@nikkiskuce @UBC @edplanbc Have you gotten it to work? My application is doing the same, saying the program may not be available

@edplanbc Lots of problems trying to upload university application today - can you help?! Explain?!

Big Oil raked in record-breaking profits. The companies that caused the climate crisis are getting rich as they fuel the fire. @ExxonMobil: $55.7 billion @Shell: $39.87 billion @Chevron: $35.5 billion @BP_plc: $27.7 billion No time to wait. #ActOnClimate #panelsnotpipelines #cdnpoli

@Lidsville He's a conservative banker who thinks he can run a country like a CEO and not give a shit about those who don't want to do business with him

But as a lefty strategist friend said this morning: "Carney doesn't really care about politics as I've been saying for a while. Doesn't care about his own political future or that of the Libs."

How can anyone think it's a good idea to sail oil tankers through a body of water named the Hecate Strait? Go ahead, brave an infamous, ship-wrecking cauldron of a sea named after combative necromancy in Shakespeare Does Carney know anything about BC at all? #bcpoli #cdnpoli

The answer is still no @MarkJCarney @ABDanielleSmith

We're still here @MarkJCarney, and still say no to any oil pipeline through NWBC. Alberta thanklessly already has a pipeline to the BC coast that they can't seem to fill. Climate change is still happening even if you've flipped flopped #cdnpoli #bcpoli biv.com/news/commentar…

Unclear why @CanadianPM Carney didn't make his announcement today from Kitimat with the gas flare screeching as he put the controversial (and opposed) Ksi Lsims LNG terminal on his list during the UN Climate talks #cdnpoli @s_guilbeault biv.com/news/environme… via @BIVnews

This is brutal: "The result is that large Canadian corporations have unprecedented access to intelligence collected by Canada’s spy agency." Canada really is a petro-state. #cdnpoli #bcpoli thenarwhal.ca/tc-energy-csis…