Aboriginal Insights

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Federal Government Proposes Changes to Environmental and Regulatory Reviews

Author: Rangi Jeerakathil

Published: July 25, 2017

Categories: Aboriginal, Mining & Natural Resources

Canada’s environmental and regulatory process for approving major projects such as pipelines, mines, power plants and transportation infrastructure may face a significant overhaul in the coming months, according to a…

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Landowners Successful in Federal Court Against CEAA and Federal Minister of Environment and Climate Change

Authors: Jessica Buhler, John Gruber

Published: June 22, 2017

Categories: Aboriginal, Administrative & Public Law, Environmental

In Wagner v Canada (Environment and Climate Change), the Federal Court set aside the decision of the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency (“CEAA”) and directed the federal Minister of Environment and…

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Who are “Public Officials”?

Authors: Jocelyn R. Sirois, Derek Hoffman

Published: February 22, 2017

Categories: Aboriginal, Administrative & Public Law, Compliance, Risk & Crisis Response, Construction, Mining & Natural Resources, Regulatory & Criminal Offenses

Anti-corruption laws in Canada and elsewhere generally prohibit giving, or offering to give, a reward, advantage or benefit to a public official as consideration for such public official to do,…

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Court Rules in Favour of “Sixties Scoop”Survivors in Ontario

Authors: Meaghan Conroy, Drew Lafond

Published: February 21, 2017

Categories: Aboriginal

In Brown v Canada (Attorney General), (2017 ONSC 251) the Ontario Superior Court of Justice confirmed “great harm was done” when aboriginal children were removed from their homes by provincial…

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Case Comment: Bell v The Queen (2016 TCC 175)

Authors: Drew Lafond, Garnet Matsuba

Published: November 23, 2016

Categories: Aboriginal, Taxation

This post was written prior to our January 2017 merger, under our previous firm name, MacPherson Leslie & Tyerman LLP. In Bell v The Queen (2016 TCC 175), the Tax Court…

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Bill S-3 Proposes to Eliminate Sex-based Inequities in Indian Act

Authors: Meaghan Conroy, Drew Lafond

Published: November 22, 2016

Categories: Aboriginal

This post was written prior to our January 2017 merger, under our previous firm name, MacPherson Leslie & Tyerman LLP. On October 25, 2016, the Senate tabled Bill S-3, An Act…

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Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women Commission – Commissioners Named and Terms of Reference Released

Authors: Rangi Jeerakathil, Billie Fortier

Published: August 4, 2016

Categories: Aboriginal

This post was written prior to our January 2017 merger, under our previous firm name, MacPherson Leslie & Tyerman LLP. On August 3, 2016, the Governor General in Council released the…

Federal Court of Appeal overturns Northern Gateway approval in Gitxaala Nation v. Canada, 2016 FCA 187

Authors: Rangi Jeerakathil, Meaghan Conroy, John Gruber

Published: July 4, 2016

Categories: Aboriginal, Mining & Natural Resources

This post was written prior to our January 2017 merger, under our previous firm name, MacPherson Leslie & Tyerman LLP. A majority of the Federal Court of Appeal concluded that the…

Two Recent Cases Interpreting Saskatchewan’s Treaty Land Entitlement Agreements

Authors: Rangi Jeerakathil, Meaghan Conroy

Published: June 10, 2016

Categories: Aboriginal, Mining & Natural Resources

This post was written prior to our January 2017 merger, under our previous firm name, MacPherson Leslie & Tyerman LLP. Two recent cases provide insight into the interpretation of Treaty Land…

Canada Removes Objector Status and Officially Adopts United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

Authors: Rangi Jeerakathil, Meaghan Conroy

Published: May 16, 2016

Categories: Aboriginal, Mining & Natural Resources

This post was written prior to our January 2017 merger, under our previous firm name, MacPherson Leslie & Tyerman LLP. The Government of Canada voted against the United Nations Declaration on…