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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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Is the new Human Rights Museum a monument to hypocrisy?
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You may have seen news coverage of the controversial opening of the new Canadian Human Rights Museum in Winnipeg. The Museum, while touted…
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The dangerous mythology of vanishing explorers and tragically decimated Indians
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I have always loved polar exploration stories. And my husband's family, who are related to the famed Antarctic explorer Ernest Shackleton, traditionally swap…
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Court to Crown: Please stop making excuses for not fulfilling your treaty obligations
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The Quebec Court of Appeal recently released a new decision called Makivik c Quebec (Procureure générale) on the duty of the Crown…
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Ontario Court of Appeal Takes a Few Digs at the Doctrine of Discovery and the Indian Act (while clarifying On-Reserve Debt Enforcement)
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**UPDATE – On February 26, 2015, the Supreme Court of Canada denied leave to appeal this decision. This means that the Ontario Court of…
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Rae Listed in Top 25 Most Influential Lawyers List
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OKT congratulates our colleague Bob Rae, who is included in Canadian Lawyer’s list of “The Top 25 Most Influential…
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Supreme Court releases decision in Keewatin
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The Supreme Court of Canada released its decision today in Grassy Narrows First Nation v. Ontario (Natural Resources), 2014 SCC 48 [referred to as…
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