BC Premier Says Courts Assurance on Cowichan Ruling Not Affecting Private Owners Didnt Hold Up

B.C. Premier David Eby speaks during a news conference in Vancouver on Jan. 7, 2025. The Canadian Press/Ethan CairnsB.C. Premier David Eby says the B.C. Supreme Court’s assurance that the Cowichan aboriginal title case wouldn’t affect private landowners and didn’t require their submissions or inclusion as parties “turned out not to be the case.”Eby made the comments Nov. 3 during an unrelated press conference amid concerns from the City of Richmond that the Aug. 7 Cowichan ruling may place the “validity” of fee-simple private ownership into question in the affected area of about 7.5 square kilometres around Richmond’s Lulu Island.