Pressure mounts on B.C. NDPs fast-track bill ahead of critical vote [Video]

The chorus of voices against contentious British Columbia legislation to speed up infrastructure projects continues to swell, with the province’s civil liberties association calling it a betrayal of the rights of Indigenous Peoples.

The association’s call to immediately withdraw Bill 15 comes after a government amendment to improve consultation with First Nations failed, putting the bill on track to pass unchanged on Wednesday.

The B.C. Civil Liberties Association says the bill was drafted in violation of the government’s own Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act, and without input from First Nations.

It says in a letter to the government that it’s also worried the bill could fast-track “politically unpopular” infrastructure projects at the expense of democratic processes.

The association calls the bill a “triple threat,” to the rights of Indigenous Peoples, democratic processes and the environmental health of the province.

Tuesday’s letter comes after an amendment to boost …