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Federal Budget 2021: A Recovery Plan for Jobs, Growth, and Resilience – Highlights for Indigenous Peoples
The federal government released Budget 2021: A Recovery Plan for Jobs, Growth, and Resilience on April 19, 2021 (Budget 2021). It is a long document (over 700 pages). We were encouraged to see numerous [...]
Auditor General’s Report – Access to Safe Drinking Water in First Nations Communities
Overview On February 25, 2021, the Auditor General tabled a Report in Parliament entitled, “Access to Safe Drinking Water in First Nations Communities – Indigenous Services Canada” (the Report). The central question considered by [...]
Reference re: Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act
On March 25, 2021, the Supreme Court of Canada released its decision in Reference re Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act.[1] The central issue in this case is whether the matters addressed in the Greenhouse [...]
Recent Changes to Part II of the Canada Labour Code
As a Band Council subject to the Canada Labour Code – are you prepared for the new obligations to proactively address workplace harassment and violence that came into effect on January 1, 2021? The [...]
Federal Government Tables Legislation (Bill C-15) to Implement UNDRIP
Yesterday, December 3, 2020, the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada introduced in Parliament Bill C-15, United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act. The purpose of [...]
September 2020 Lawyer Spotlight – Kerry Young
Name? Judith Kerry Young, but I go by Kerry. Kerry Young Where did you grow up? I grew up in Hudson, a small town in Quebec on the Ottawa River, on the [...]