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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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Court to Crown: Please stop making excuses for not fulfilling your treaty obligations
The Quebec Court of Appeal recently released a new decision called Makivik c Quebec (Procureure générale) on the duty of the Crown to comply with treaty obligations. The decision…
Read More...Court to Crown: Please stop making excuses for not fulfilling your treaty obligations
The Quebec Court of Appeal recently released a new decision called Makivik c Quebec (Procureure générale) on the duty of the Crown to comply with treaty obligations. …
Read More...Ontario Court of Appeal Takes a Few Digs at the Doctrine of Discovery and the Indian Act (while clarifying On-Reserve Debt Enforcement)
**UPDATE – On February 26, 2015, the Supreme Court of Canada denied leave to appeal this decision. This means that the Ontario Court of Appeal’s judgment stands and remains the…
Read More...Rae Listed in Top 25 Most Influential Lawyers List
OKT congratulates our colleague Bob Rae, who is included in Canadian Lawyer’s list of “The Top 25 Most Influential 2014”. Canadian Lawyer annually compiles a list of…
Read More...Supreme Court releases decision in Keewatin
The Supreme Court of Canada released its decision today in Grassy Narrows First Nation v. Ontario (Natural Resources), 2014 SCC 48 [referred to as Keewatin, in the courts below]. In…
Read More...Divided We Fall: Tsilhqot’in and the Historic Treaties
What is at stake is nothing less than justice for the Aboriginal group and its descendants, and the reconciliation between the group and broader society. - Tsilhqot’in decision of the…
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