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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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BILL C-45: Regulation of Cannabis in Indigenous Communities
*This blog has been updated since it was posted on July 13, 2018 to include a discussion on the Quebec market
BACKGROUND
On June 21, 2018, the Cannabis Act…
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Job Posting: Director, Finance and Administration
Olthuis Kleer Townshend LLP (“OKT”), is Canada’s largest law firm dedicated to advancing the self-determination and success of Indigenous peoples in a wide range of areas of Canadian law. We…
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AMC Wins Unprecedented Discount Hydro Rates for On Reserve Residents
By Senwung Luk and Corey Shefman
On May 1st, 2018, Manitoba’ Public Utilities Board adopted recommendations made by the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs (“AMC”) to create a new electricity rate…
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Can Canada recognize what’s been in front of its face for 450 years?
Twenty-two years ago, the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples set out a blueprint for recognizing Indigenous self-government and rights in Canada. This blueprint should have given…
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The Ghost of the Harper OmniBus Legislation Continues on with Bill C-69
On February 8, 2018 the Federal Government introduced Bill C-69, “An Act to enact the Impact Assessment Act and the Canadian Energy Regulator Act, to amend…
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SCC says failure to create reserve a breach of fiduciary duty in divided decision
By Krista Nerland and Senwung Luk
This morning, the Supreme Court of Canada released its decision in Williams Lake Indian Band v. Canada, a case about the…
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