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Aboriginal Law Blog
Current issues in aboriginal law
| On May 9, 2013, the Supreme Court of Canada issued its decision in Behn v Moulton Contracting Ltd., 2013 SCC 26. Moulton brought an action against several members of the Aboriginal Fort Nelson First [read more]Friday, 24 May 2013 | Laura Easton |
| The Government of Alberta introduced Bill 22 - the Aboriginal Consultation Levy Fund in the legislature today. A copy of the Bill can be found here.
The purposes of the Bill are to enhance [read more] |
| The BC Environmental Assessment Office (BC EAO) and the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency (CEAA) announced today that they have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (the "MOU" [read more] |
| Recently, the Ministry of Northern Development and Mines (the “Ministry”) posted proposed regulations pursuant to section 176 of the Mining Act on Ontario’s Environmental Registry [read more]Wednesday, 14 March 2012 | David Crocker |
| On January 3, 2012, Ontario Superior Court Justice Carole Brown J. granted an injunction to the Wahgoshig First Nation (the "WFN") restraining a junior minor from engaging [read more] |
| Bill C-575, a private member's bill brought forward by Conservative MP Kelly Brock to create the First Nations Transparency Act passed second reading on March 2nd in the House of Commons and will [read more]Friday, 4 March 2011 | Danielle Jarvis |
| On March 3rd, representatives from Nunavik met with Québec Government officials in Kuujjuaq to discuss the province's ambitious northern development plan, the Plan Nord. On hand for the [read more]Friday, 4 March 2011 | Stephan Trudeau |
| The Supreme Court of Canada recently released its decision in Rio Tinto Alcan Inc. v. Carrier Sekani Tribal Council, 2010 SCC 43 in which the respondents, the Carrier Sekani Tribal Council, argued that [read more]Thursday, 28 October 2010 | Angeline S.B. Nyce, R.P.F. |
| The BC Supreme Court stayed the effect of First Coal Corporation's Mines Act Permit Amendment for Advanced Exploration and suspended its forestry Licence to Cut last Friday on finding that the [read more] |
| The BC Court of Appeal released its decision on December 23rd on Lax Kwa'aams' appeal from the Supreme Court's decision that it did not have a commercial right to fish all species within [read more]Thursday, 7 January 2010 | Angeline S.B. Nyce, R.P.F. |
| On December 10, 2009, the Government of Canada introduced the First Nations Certainty of Land Title Act (the "Act") to amend the First Nations Commercial and Industrial Development Act, [read more]Friday, 18 December 2009 | Angeline S.B. Nyce, R.P.F. |
| The Nisga'a Nation has passed a historic law allowing Nisga'a citizens to own their own property. It is the first time in Canada that an aboriginal group has approved legislation to allow [read more]Friday, 20 November 2009 | Sarah Ciarrocchi |
| On November 18, 2009 BC Hydro released Questions and Answers (Q&A) on its website regarding BC Hydro's role with respect to First Nations consultation. The Q&A stems from uncertainty in [read more]Thursday, 19 November 2009 | Danielle Jarvis |
| Today, in Ahousaht Indian Band and Nation v. Canada (Attorney General), 2009 BCSC 1494, Madam Justice Garson of the BC Supreme Court has ruled that the plaintiffs in the action (the Ehattesaht, the [read more]Tuesday, 3 November 2009 | Sarah Ciarrocchi, Danielle Jarvis, Angeline S.B. Nyce, R.P.F. |
| On September 17, 2009, in Nlaka'pamux Nation Tribal Council v. Griffin 2009 BCSC 125, the Honourable Mr. Justice Sewell of the BC Supreme Court ruled against the Nlaka'pamux Nation Tribal [read more]Friday, 25 September 2009 | Danielle Jarvis |
| Two years ago, on September 13, 2007, the General Assembly of the United Nations adopted the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, after 143 Member States voted in favour of it. Notably, [read more]Monday, 14 September 2009 | Danielle Jarvis |
| Last week, Ontario announced the early closure of 4 of OPG's coal-fired generating units. The Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure described the announcement as the first of its 10 steps to "transi [read more]Tuesday, 8 September 2009 |
| At British Columbia's All Chiefs Assembly, a gathering of 250 chiefs (elected and hereditary) met with native elders to discuss the BC government's proposed Recognition and Reconciliation [read more]Friday, 28 August 2009 | Danielle Jarvis |
| Haida Enterprise Corporation ("HEC"), the business arm of the Haida Nation, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the NaiKun Wind Energy Group Inc. ("Naikun") for an option [read more]Thursday, 13 August 2009 | Danielle Jarvis |
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