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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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...
Read MoreBill C-68, An Act to amend the Fisheries Act
On February 6, 2018, Dominic LeBlanc, the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, tabled Bill...
Read MoreSquamish 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...
Read MoreBC 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...
Read MoreClaims to aboriginal title and third-party property rights
As part of defending a claim by Haida Nation for aboriginal title over lands...
Read MoreHeiltsuk 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...
Read MoreKtunaxa: Freedom of religion falls short of protecting aboriginal spirituality
A majority of the Supreme Court of Canada decided that freedom of religion, which...
Read MoreThe Tanker Moratorium Act
In May 2017, the Canadian government introduced Bill C-48, the proposed Oil Tanker Moratorium...
Read MoreThe Canadian government’s 2016 review of environmental protection laws
In 2012, in the middle of the Joint Review Panel process for assessing Enbridge’s...
Read MoreFederal Court of Appeal quashes Enbridge pipeline certificates
In a lengthy 146-page decision, the Federal Court of Appeal quashed the Governor in...
Read MoreAboriginal 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...
Read MoreIs good governance about big promises?
The nature of good governance has been much in our thoughts lately, especially given...
Read MoreSpecific 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...
Read MoreProvince’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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