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October 1, 2019

Flawed Federal Report means BC must reconsider certificate conditions for TransMountain: Squamish Nation v. British Columbia (Environment), 2019 BCCA 321

by Savannah Carr-Wilson In September 2019, the BC Court of Appeal directed the Province...

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August 19, 2019

The duty to consult about inadequate fishing allocations: Squamish Nation v. Canada, 2019 FCA 216

Squamish First Nation recently succeeded on its appeal of a lower court decision (2017...

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July 24, 2019

Enforcing Indigenous laws in Canadian courts

A recent Ontario Court of Appeal case has addressed the right of a litigant...

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July 24, 2019

After Kirby’s Oil Spill: The Criminal Conviction and Sentencing

Kirby Corporation sentenced in Bella Bella for 2016 oil spill in Heiltsuk territory  When...

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June 18, 2019

Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls Inquiry releases Final Report

On June 3, 2019, the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and...

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June 18, 2019

Indigenous governments and environmental protection: a lost opportunity for the courts at the crude oil reference (2019 BCCA 181)

On May 24, 2019, the BC Court of Appeal released a much-anticipated decision in...

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March 16, 2018

Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls Inquiry – Vancouver hearings Apr. 4-8, 2018

The National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls have announced that...

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February 22, 2018

Bill C-68, An Act to amend the Fisheries Act

On February 6, 2018, Dominic LeBlanc, the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, tabled Bill...

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February 22, 2018

Squamish First Nation and how courts may require that indigenous communities prove FSC needs

In a recent decision which upholds a DFO decision to allocate only five sockeye...

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January 22, 2018

BC Supreme Court upholds decision quashing Peel Watershed land-use plan

The Supreme Court of Canada unanimously quashed the Yukon Government’s land use plan for...

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January 22, 2018

Claims to aboriginal title and third-party property rights

As part of defending a claim by Haida Nation for aboriginal title over lands...

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November 15, 2017

Heiltsuk proposes plan to take strong leadership role in central coast oil spill prevention and response

Heiltsuk Nation has published a report outlining plans to strengthen oil spill prevention and...

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November 14, 2017

Ktunaxa: Freedom of religion falls short of protecting aboriginal spirituality

A majority of the Supreme Court of Canada decided that freedom of religion, which...

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November 14, 2017

The Tanker Moratorium Act

In May 2017, the Canadian government introduced Bill C-48, the proposed Oil Tanker Moratorium...

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January 1, 2017

The Canadian government’s 2016 review of environmental protection laws

In 2012, in the middle of the Joint Review Panel process for assessing Enbridge’s...

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