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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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July 1, 2016

Federal Court of Appeal quashes Enbridge pipeline certificates

In a lengthy 146-page decision, the Federal Court of Appeal quashed the Governor in...

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May 11, 2016

Aboriginal spirituality and freedom of religion: the Ktunaxa decision, 2015 BCCA 352

In Ktunaxa Nation v British Columbia, 2015 BCCA 352, the BC Court of Appeal...

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May 11, 2016

Is good governance about big promises?

The nature of good governance has been much in our thoughts lately, especially given...

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March 14, 2016

Specific Claims Tribunal: are they no longer experts? Canada v Williams Lake Indian Band, 2016 FCA 63

In Canada v Williams Lake Indian Band, 2016 FCA 63, the Federal Court of...

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January 31, 2016

Province’s duty to consult where joint environmental assessment

In the recent Coastal First Nations case (handed down on January 13), the B.C....

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