This has become a HUGE issue in Canada. Small town rural areas are being literally over-run with immigrants, who are destroying all the things that made rural living attractive and feasible. Most have no regard for the law or bylaws, are corrupt, and because they are importing their poor behaviours from their homelands, they are turning towns and cities into garbage dumps. And then there are the increasing instances of attempting kidnappings and rapes, with evidence emerging of the presence of rape gangs.
On top of this, there is the HUGE First Nations/Aboriginal problems. The Reconciliation Industrial Complex is a grift beyond measure. Tribes across the country, but especially in BC, are using the powers they have gained via DRIPA and the Reconcilation Act to make land claims, refuse entry to claimed lands, such as provincial parks, are actively, strongly, vetoing resource development, making BC, and the rest of Canada, virtually uninvestible. All with the support of the feds and premiers.
I have posted about DRIPA, formerly UNDRIP, and its dangers here at PP in the past. See these links for more info:
https://tribe.peakprosperity.com/t/undrip-and-property-rights-in-canada-critical-concerns-rising/38629
https://tribe.peakprosperity.com/t/making-a-killing-reconciliation-genocide-and-plunder-in-canada/46292/6
https://tribe.peakprosperity.com/t/the-perfect-storm-has-arrived/45999/100
In buying a piece of property now, one must factor in the considerable risk of First Nations actions/claims that may render your property unsaleable, and further, potentially make getting or renewing a mortgage impossible. Ditto insurance. One needs only look at what happed in Richmond BC with the Cowichan tribe land grab - enabled by a DEI Liberal appointed judge - to see the very real risks.
More in this recent, relevant article. The bottom line is that land and property purchases in Canada have a whole new level of risk attached to them. It is very much buyer beware. And existing owners need to wake up and pay attention!
"…The Musqueam Agreement comes amid increasing polarization after the B.C. Supreme Court recognized Cowichan Aboriginal title over parts of Richmond and declared that historic Crown grants of fee simple and other interests can be an unjustified infringement of that title, even where today’s owners were never served or named in the case.
In that ruling, the court found Aboriginal title could apply over lands where private interests already exist, creating legal uncertainty for property owners.
That Court did not void private titles, but it held Aboriginal title is a “senior” interest that can burden the land and said key Land Title Act protections like indefeasibility do not apply against it, while also suggesting Aboriginal title and fee simple can “co-exist” only in a limited, reconciled way where one must ultimately yield.
If the courts follow the same path, today’s recognition of disputed claims could shape how private property rights are applied beyond British Columbia."
