The province’s appeal of the B.C. Supreme Court’s Cowichan Tribes land title ruling is expected to loom large as Indigenous leaders meet with Premier David Eby and cabinet ministers starting Tuesday in Vancouver.

It’s for the 10th B.C. Cabinet and First Nations Leaders’ Gathering, an annual event that brings together provincial and First Nations leaders.

This year, the issue on everyone's minds will be the court decision that granted the Quw’utsun (Cowichan) Nation Aboriginal title to between 300 and 324 hectares of land in Richmond.

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“It’s a very tense situation that we enter into this meeting with,” said Grand Chief Stewart Phillip with the Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs, speaking with CBC News.

The ruling declared C

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