It started with land acknowledgements; now you can't sell or mortgage your property in British Columbia

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First Nations' Land Grabs Get Bigger, Bolder and Now Aiming at Pipelines, Too

Beege Welborn, HotAir:

Oh, those feisty tribes!

Whatever will they think to say 'MINE, MINE, MINE!' about next?

Strangely enough, I have that answer, but you knew that.

Quick refresher:

A British Columbia Supreme Court judge, back in August, decided that Aboriginal title trumps, like, your mortgage and tax bill after a five-year hearing, leaving it to everyone else to straighten out the mess she just created. The indigenous Cowichan tribal council decided to lay claim to a lovely stretch of the Fraser River in downtown Richmond, B.C., where their ancestors had fished on and off in camps for centuries but never actually, like, lived. The mayor of Richmond upsets everyone because he makes sure every single property owner in town knows that the Indians now claim their lands, which no one had bothered to tell them before, or that they were even in danger of possibly losing title to this tribe out of nowhere.

Now, if you want to sell your property or make improvements, you have to get a blessing from the Cowichans, even though this is still in the appeals stage. But you won't be able to sell it because of the Cowichans - no one wants to deal with a tribe owning property. Banks are also canceling previously approved commercial loans based on the tribal court victory because no one wants to deal with a tribal council.

…. The city of North Vancouver, B.C. has just sent letters to its residents, warning them that their land titles may well be in jeopardy. Thanks to the inspiring victory of the Cowichans, there are - count 'em - three tribes laying claim to 'unceded property' within the township borders. It turns out, once everyone got spooked enough to look, that 95% of the land in British Columbia falls under the requisite parameters for Aboriginal title claims by whatever tribes get there first to plant their fishing spears and feathers.

95% of the land in BC is under Aboriginal title claim. The principles set out in the Cowichan case say that once Aboriginal title is established, it trumps the fee simple title granted to landowners. BC residents may soon no longer own their homes and businesses. https://t.co/Krk6Qgk1Rh pic.twitter.com/xaSglBTPdb

— Keith Wilson, K.C. (@ikwilson) November 6, 2025

Not to be left out, tribes already have announced dibs on land in Western Quebec, too, although the French may not roll as easily as the B.C. bunch.

The only holdouts from the land grabs so far appear to be the Albertans, who assert they are immune to claims as their land was  'ceded or surrendered'  by the tribes, not negotiated through treaties, as the other territories that are now facing these claims.

In today's news, I guess the theme is 'go big or go home.' 

The Tk'emlúps te Secwépemc Nation (say that five times fast) and allied bands filed a lawsuit in B.C. Supreme Court asserting Indigenous title to almost half a million acres, which includes the entire town of Kamloops, B.C., a resort, and some other good stuff.

Ostensibly, it was a defensive move to stop the expansion of a gold mine or something, but come on, now - I didn't fall off the cabbage truck yesterday.

🚨MAJOR BREAKING

Canadian native land claims have EXPLODED OPEN

with reporters just discovering that the ENTIRE CITY OF KAMLOOPS (pop. 100,000)

is being sought as part of a land claim!

GO WOKE. GO MASSIVELY BROKE! pic.twitter.com/jCQFox6mdv

— Tablesalt 🇨🇦🇺🇸 (@Tablesalt13) November 6, 2025

And the breaking Kamloops, Sun Peaks Resort snatch and grab are only part of the story. It turns out a consortium of eight other tribes had their eye on the same area, and now we've got an internecine First Nations fight.

🚨🚨BREAKING

The Stk'emlupsemc Te Secwepemc Nation have formally claimed rights to Kamloops B.C

But

The Citxw Nlaka'pamux Assembly, which represents eight First Nations including Ashcroft and Boston Bar is also seeking rights to it

😂😂😂 WHAT A CLOWN SHOW RODEO!! pic.twitter.com/2s8yrbs1PA

— Tablesalt 🇨🇦🇺🇸 (@Tablesalt13) November 6, 2025

That's bad enough, right?

When I told you B.C. Premier David Eby was an uber-woke weasel, I meant it.

Here he is yesterday, with his First Nations buddies - the ones his land acknowledgments have helped start turning over his province to - signing an agreement with the tribes not to allow Alberta oil and fossil fuel products to pass in pipelines through their province to ports on the coast for export.