BC’S new Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act: A step towards reconciliation
by Savannah Carr-Wilson On November 28, 2019, British Columbia (“BC”)’s new Declaration on the...
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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...
Read MoreThe 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...
Read MoreEnforcing Indigenous laws in Canadian courts
A recent Ontario Court of Appeal case has addressed the right of a litigant...
Read MoreAfter Kirby’s Oil Spill: The Criminal Conviction and Sentencing
Kirby Corporation sentenced in Bella Bella for 2016 oil spill in Heiltsuk territory When...
Read MoreIndigenous 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...
Read MoreMissing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls Inquiry releases Final Report
On June 3, 2019, the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and...
Read MoreMissing 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 MoreFailing to consult by limiting consultation issues: Fort Nelson First Nation v. BC, 2017 BCSC 2500
The Fort Nelson First Nation (“FNFN”) judicially reviewed the approval of two permits by...
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 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 MoreBill C-69, An Act to enact the Impact Assessment Act etc.
On February 8, 2018, Federal Environment Minister Catherine McKenna introduced Bill C-69, An Act...
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 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 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...
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