• “In Her Majesty’s name,
    Her Honour the
    Lieutenant-Governor
    doth assent to these acts.”

Royal Assent of the United Nations Declaration
on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. Fourth Session, 41st Parliament (2019).

Thursday, November 28th, 2019, Morning Sitting, Issue No. 301.

“In Her Majesty’s name, Her Honour the Lieutenant-Governor doth assent to these acts. It is an enormous privilege on this historic day to grant royal assent to Bill 41, thereby enshrining the human rights of Indigenous people in law. It touches me deeply to think of the work that you have done all together, your unanimous support for this work, which gives me hope for true and lasting reconciliation, gives me hope for a better world. I thank you for your splendid work.”

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Royal Assent to Bills

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Acting Clerk:

Securities Amendment Act, 2019

Financial Institutions Amendment Act, 2019

Climate Change Accountability Amendment Act, 2019

Miscellaneous Statutes (Minor Corrections) and Statute Revision Amendment Act, 2019

Interpretation Amendment Act, 2019

Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act

Fuel Price Transparency Act

Election Amendment Act, 2019

Taxation Statutes Amendment Act, 2019

[11:25 a.m.]

In Her Majesty’s name, Her Honour the Lieutenant-Governor doth assent to these acts.

Hon. J. Austin (Lieutenant-Governor): [SENĆOŦEN was spoken.]

It is an enormous privilege on this historic day to grant royal assent to Bill 41, thereby enshrining the human rights of Indigenous people in law.

[SENĆOŦEN was spoken.]

It touches me deeply to think of the work that you have done all together, your unanimous support for this work, which gives me hope for true and lasting reconciliation, gives me hope for a better world. I thank you for your splendid work.

HÍSW̱ḴE.

Her Honour the Lieutenant-Governor retired from the chamber.

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