The head of B.C.’s Declaration Act Secretariat has left government on the eve of Premier David Eby’s move to change the landmark law to address court rulings that threaten private property rights. Jessica Wood, the province’s first Indigenous deputy minister, announced late last week she was departing the secretariat. “The Declaration Act was the first legislation in Canada to require consideration and alignment of provincial law with the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in consultation and cooperation with Indigenous Peoples,” Wood said in a post on LinkedIn. …Her departure comes as the NDP government prepares to amend DRIPA this session, in response to court rulings that have led to a public backlash over its impact on other laws and private property rights. …Priscilla Sabbas-Watts, a former vice-president of the Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council, will move from assistant deputy minister to acting deputy minister of the secretariat starting Monday.