Canadian Private property rights eroded – Country marches towards two justice systems

By: Gregory Staley

Written On: 2025-08-11

Can a country be prosperous if every time it attempts to build a large-scale project, it must first consult and get permission from hundreds of mini-nations? How can Canada be unified if we must seek special permission from indigenous groups for every nation-building project? How can Canada call itself a country if it allows for a two-tiered justice system – one for indigenous peoples and another for everyone else?

Canada has lost the ability to build big things because our “leaders” are blinded by an ideology that is ripping apart the fabric of Canada. I’m sure in writing this, I’ll be accused of racism, colonialism and whatever else is “fitting” for a white man. That’s the goal, isn’t it? To harass and silence any opposition so that the radical reconciliation agenda is implemented.

Recently, a judge in British Columbia ruled that hundreds of acres of privately owned land would be given to the Cowichan tribes. It turns out that those land acknowledgements and the Liberal government’s decision to etch the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) into law are having profound impacts on Canadians. In justifying the decision, Justice Young referenced Canada’s UNDRIP legislation 12 times. It’s also worth noting that the Building Canada Act, passed by Carney, specifically references respecting the UNDRIP agreement.

With this precedent-setting case, it is easy to see how UNDRIP will be used to justify the destruction of private property rights. However, it doesn’t stop there because when you understand UNDRIP, you understand that no land in Canada is safe from an indigenous tribe if that tribe declares it was a traditionally “owned, occupied or otherwise used or acquired” by the tribe. That’s because UNDRIP says Indigenous peoples have the right to those lands.

Article 26 of UNDRIP

2. Indigenous peoples have the right to own, use, develop and control the lands, territories and resources that they possess by reason of traditional ownership or other traditional occupation or use, as well as those which they have otherwise acquired.
3. States shall give legal recognition and protection to these lands, territories and resources. Such recognition shall be conducted with due respect
   to the customs, traditions and land tenure systems of the indigenous peoples concerned.

UNDRIP will allow for two justice systems and destroy private property rights

I wish I could say this is the only problem that UNDRIP has created for Canadians but, this is just the tip of the iceberg. That brings me to my next topic, Canada’s new Federal Indigenous Justice Strategy.

Federal Indigenous Justice Strategy

In March of 2025, Mark Carney’s Liberal government released their “Federal Indigenous Justice Strategy,” and the consequences of it cannot be overstated. The strategy from the Liberals says that they will seek to “advance the priorities of First Nations and Métis communities to reclaim jurisdiction over the administration of justice.”

The report goes on to say that they will look for “potential legislative options to recognize and enable First Nations.” Inuit and Métis peoples to exercise jurisdiction in relation to the administration of justice.” The report also commits to work with First Nations to enable them to “exercise jurisdiction” in relation to the administration of justice, “including enforcement, prosecution and adjudication of First Nation laws.”

In fact, the government is promoting the strategy by saying it will “support the revitalization of indigenous laws and legal orders.” In speaking of the strategy, Victoria Pruden, President of the Métis National Council, echoed this sentiment, saying that Canada must implement the strategy swiftly and “uphold self-determined Métis justice systems.”

Read between the lines, and you’ll see the table is being set for two justice systems within Canada. One for regular Canadians and a special one for Indigenous peoples. How this will look in practice is anyone’s guess, but if the recent decision out of B.C is any indicator, it won’t be a small change but a radical one.

In closing, under the Liberals, Canada is radically altering the foundational building blocks of the nation to be in compliance with an ideology that will rock the foundations of the entire nation.

Private property rights are at stake, and so is our justice system. Canadians need to find their voice and speak boldly before this country is destroyed.