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2018 Federal Budget
Finance Minister Bill Morneau met with the Economic Club of Canada to review the Government of Canada’s new Budget 2018 “Equality + Growth: A Strong Middle Class”. Similar to Finance Canada’s previous estimates, the Federal [...]
Briefs at Brief: Recently Decided Indigenous Case Law
R v Reynolds, 2017 NBCA 36 Subject : Fish and wildlife offences- illegal sale of moose Facts: The Aboriginal defendant killed a moose and traded its meat to K for a car. K, a non-Aboriginal person, [...]
Williams Lake Indian Band v Canada (Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development), 2018 SCC 4
Williams Lake Indian Band v Canada considers [1] an appeal from the Federal Court of Appeal that set aside a decision from the Specific Claims Tribunal. The Supreme Court of Canada (“SCC”) found that Canada was [...]
Attorney General of Canada v Huu-ay-aht First Nation
Attorney General of Canada drops appeal of Specific Claims Tribunal decision On September 5 2017, Canada withdrew its application for a judicial review of the Specific Claims Tribunal decision in Attorney General of Canada v [...]
Certified Specialist in Indigenous Legal Issues
Our Director, Cynthia Westaway, has been designated a Certified Specialist, Indigenous Legal Issues by the Law Society of Upper Canada (LSUC). Cynthia has be Certified in all three areas of Indigenous Legal issues as identified [...]
Yahey v. British Columbia, 2017 BCSC 899
No Injunction to Protect Treaty Rights in B.C. PDF Download Word Download In this case, the Supreme Court of British Columbia dismissed the application of Blueberry River First Nation for an interlocutory [...]