The debasement party

Eby changes his DRIPA plans again, and Carney takes charge of committees Links • B.C. premier says MLA Joan Phillip is ‘very ill,’ asks for prayers – BC | Globalnews.ca (https://globalnews.ca/news/11813137/bc-premier-mla-joan-phillip-very-ill-prayers/) • B.C. government pulls back on DRIPA suspension again amid First Nations opposition | CBC News (https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/b-c-first-nations-dripa-suspension-legislation-9.7169879) • Rob Shaw: Eby ‘in full panic mode’ after latest DRIPA reversal (https://www.biv.com/news/commentary/rob-shaw-eby-in-full-panic-mode-after-latest-dripa-reversal-12171419) • Vaughn Palmer: B.C. Premier David Eby has learned he is not in charge (https://vancouversun.com/opinion/columnists/vaughn-palmer-bc-premier-david-eby-not-in-charge-dripa-first-nations) • First Nations file new claims against B.C. government, cite court ruling making UNDRIP enforceable in law (https://vancouversun.com/news/first-nations-file-new-claims-against-bc-government-cite-court-ruling-making-undrip-enforceable-in-law) • Wei Wai Kum, Nine Allied Tribes and Lax Kw’alaams Band Stand Together to Call BC MLAs to Pause Treaty Bills Ahead of Legislative Debate (https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/wei-wai-kum-nine-allied-tribes-and-lax-kw-alaams-band-stand-together-to-call-bc-mlas-to-pause-treaty-bills-ahead-of-legislative-debate-817150485.html) • Why Wei Wai Kum First Nation wants a pause on the K’ómoks Treaty | CBC News (https://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/wei-wai-kum-komoks-treaty-9.7167124) • Overlapping claims are behind protests from First Nations against two treaties – Castanet.net (https://www.castanet.net/news/BC/610140/Overlapping-claims-are-behind-protests-from-First-Nations-against-two-treaties) • B.C. faces surge in electricity demand, looks to dust off big dam plans – The Globe and Mail (https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/british-columbia/article-bc-surge-electricity-demand-dam-plans/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=bluesky) • ‘Six-figure cars’: Big budgets for B.C. government vehicles stirs heated debate (https://www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/article/six-figure-cars-big-budgets-for-bc-government-vehicles-stirs-heated-debate/) • Rob Shaw: BC NDP defends vehicle perks while asking everyone else to tighten belts (https://www.richmond-news.com/economy-law-politics/rob-shaw-bc-ndp-defends-vehicle-perks-while-asking-everyone-else-to-tighten-belts-12176864) • WASTE: B.C. government bills taxpayers for high-end vehicle leases (https://www.taxpayer.com/newsroom/waste-b.c.-government-bills-taxpayers-for-high-end-vehicle-leases) • Ottawa favours southern route for new Alberta-B.C. pipeline, sources say – The Globe and Mail (https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-ottawa-leans-toward-new-oil-pipeline-alberta-southern-bc-sources/) • Alberta pipeline could receive federal financing through Indigenous loan guarantee program: energy minister | CBC News (https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/alberta-bitumen-pipeline-federal-dollars-9.7175446) • New Canada-U.S. advisory council includes former premiers, ex-Conservative leader (https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/article/new-canada-us-advisory-council-includes-former-premiers-ex-conservative-leader/) • Prime Minister Carney announces new Advisory Committee on Canada-U.S. Economic Relations (https://www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/news-releases/2026/04/21/prime-minister-carney-announces-new-advisory-committee-canada-us) – Press release with full list • Washington demanding ‘entry fee’ from Ottawa before trade talks: sources | CBC News (https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/washington-demanding-entry-fee-from-ottawa-before-trade-talks-sources-9.7172340) • Carney says lifting U.S. liquor ban depends on Trump ending assault on steel, autos, lumber | CBC News (https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/carney-liquor-ban-9.7174723) • Prime minister should be required to divest assets, says committee | CBC News (https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/mark-carney-ethics-blind-trust-9.7174747) • https://www.ourcommons.ca/content/Committee/451/ETHI/Reports/RP14024943/451_ETHI_Rpt5_PDF/451_ETHI_Rpt5-e.pdf • Liberals move to take control of House committees now that they’ve secured majority (https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/article/liberals-move-to-take-control-of-house-committees-now-that-theyve-secured-majority/) • MPs approve new federal budget watchdog over Conservative, Bloc opposition – National | Globalnews.ca (https://globalnews.ca/news/11811337/canada-parliamentary-budget-officer-annette-ryan/) • Federal bill aims to enable ‘homegrown’ space launches | CBC News (https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canadian-space-launch...