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Aboriginal title can be declared over privately-owned land
Friday, November 15, 2024
The six Wolastoqey Nations in New Brunswick recently received a precedent-setting decision in their Aboriginal title claim. In Wolastoqey Nations v New Brunswick…
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Opportunity to Participate in Endangered Species Act Review
What is happening?
The Government of Ontario has announced its 10th Year Review of the Endangered Species Act. The Endangered Species Act contains prohibitions against the harm, harassment, or killing…
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Making Your Money Work For You: A primer on changes to the First Nations Fiscal Management Act
On December 13, 2018, Bill C-86 received Royal Assent, making amendments to two federal pieces of legislation affecting First Nations: the First Nations Fiscal Management Act,…
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Harry LaForme to join OKT as Senior Counsel
OKT is proud to announce that Harry LaForme is joining our firm as Senior Counsel as of December 3, 2018.
A legal luminary, Harry LaForme recently retired from the…
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New edition of Aboriginal Law Handbook Now Available!
OKT Law is proud to announce that the 5th edition of the Aboriginal Law Handbook is now available from Thomson Reuters. Click here to see more about the book…
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Supreme Court decision in Mikisew falls short on reconciliation
Aboriginal and treaty rights have always been limited by non-Indigenous people’s anxiety that they threaten Canadian sovereignty. Although largely unspoken, this anxiety is hard at work…
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Ontario’s Bill 36 – the Ford government over-reaches in their attempt to have Provincial Cannabis control on-reserve
On Thursday, September 27, 2018, the Ontario government introduced Bill 36: Cannabis Statute Law Amendment Act, 2018. This Act was brought forward with very little consultation with First Nations, and…
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