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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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OKT Supports Ontario First Nations in Reaching Historic Agreement for Hydro One Ownership
Hydro One partners with First Nations
From the beginning to here OKT has supported GLP and its 8 First Nation Owners who together pushed HONI for this new approach…
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Supporting Partnership in Resource Development: Impact and Benefit Agreements
Impact and benefit agreements (IBAs) have emerged as the primary mechanism for Indigenous participation in resource development projects. So, what are IBAs exactly? What do they achieve for industry, and…
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OKT Tops Best Lawyers Rankings
OKT thanks our peers for recognizing our lawyers as national leaders in the new Best Lawyers in Canada directory. Congratulations to Larry Innes, Nancy Kleer, Lorraine Land,
Opportunity for renewing treaty federalism, recognizing Canada’s legal pluralism, part two
Courts have ruled that Indian Act governments are subject to the Charter; however, they operate under delegated authority. The exercise of inherent power is distinct. Neither the Crown nor any of…
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Dickson v. Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation: An Opportunity for Renewing Treaty Federalism and Recognizing Canada’s Legal Pluralism
The relationship between the individual rights to freedom and equality secured under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms and the recognition of the collective rights of Indigenous Peoples under section…
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The need for Indigenous-led housing
Home is where the heart is. It is where life begins. Home should be a place of safety, love, health, security, happiness and respect in kinship with one another. But…
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