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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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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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Caring Society and First Nations win decision in Federal Court on child welfare funding
The First Nations Child and Family Caring Society and the Assembly of First Nations won an important decision today in Federal Court. The Caring Society, AFN and…
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"Our Way" - OKT and Northern Ontario Students Participate in Conference on Indigenous Law
How will Canadian law and indigenous law co-exist in the future? One of the most exciting developing areas in Aboriginal law today is the emergence of more scholarship on indigenous…
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Supreme Court reaffirms principles of Aboriginal sentencing; Renee Pelletier quoted
The Supreme Court of Canada released joint reasons today in the criminal sentencing appeals of two Aboriginal persons, Manasie Ipeelee and Frank Ralph Ladue (cited together as…
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