by Savannah Carr-Wilson Our firm stands in solidarity with the residential school survivors, Indigenous communities, and others grieving the devastating discoveries of unmarked graves at the former Kamloops Indian Residential School in British Columbia and Marieval Indian Residential School in…
In May 2021, Ng Ariss Fong received a Canadian Law Award! We and several other firms were named the Gold Winners for Commercial Litigation Team of the Year (2021). The award relates to our work on the BC government’s reference…
by Ruben Tillman The Supreme Court of Canada (the “SCC”) has ruled that people located outside of Canada can assert rights protected under s. 35(1) of the Constitution Act, 1982, which says: “[t]he existing aboriginal and treaty rights of the…
by Savannah Carr-Wilson This BC Court of Appeal decision is about the scope of five Nuu-chah-nulth First Nations’ (the “Nations”) Aboriginal rights to fish and sell fish, and whether aspects of Canada’s fisheries regime unjustifiably infringe those rights. It is…
by Savannah Carr-Wilson RCMP action against Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs opposing the Coastal GasLink pipeline has generated a wave of support and led to solidarity blockades across Canada. To understand the events of the past few weeks, and their future significance,…