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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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Cohen Commission Final Report Released
On Oct. 31, Justice Cohen released the Final Report of the Cohen Commission, available at http://www.cohencommission.ca/en/. The Report provides an urgent and…
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Ahousaht Intervention
On behalf of the Saugeen Ojibway Nation (SON), OKT successfully sought leave to intervene in the reconsideration of the Ahousaht case in the British Columbia Court of Appeal. At stake…
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Consultation and Cumulative Effects
The following article was published in the Aboriginal Law Newsletter of the Ontario Bar Association.
Consultation and Cumulative Effects: Is there a role for the…
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Fisheries Act amendments will shrink already sparse fish habitat protections
The federal government of Canada has proposed sweeping amendments to the Fisheries Act in its omnibus Budget Bill (Bill C-38). Here is what the Fisheries Act amendments may mean…
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Hasty Process for Aggregates Resources Act Review
Aggregates are sand, clay, gravel and rock. They are extracted from the ground in ways similar to mining, but they are not covered by mining legislation. According to the Ontario…
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New Environmental Assessment Act is leaner and meaner -- not greener
In the omnibus budget bill (Bill C-38), the government of Canada will repeal the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act and replace it with new legislation, the
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