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Fasken
The Supreme Court of Canada's recent decision Shot Both Sides v. Canada, 2024 SCC 12 provides clarity on the applicability of limitation periods to matters involving historical treaty breaches.
Gowling WLG
It is evident that the Liberal government sees Budget 2024 as an opportunity to restore "fairness for every generation." Overall, the budget includes $52.9 billion in new spending plans in the next five years...
Torys LLP
The 2024 federal budget released yesterday includes an emphasis on "getting major projects done" with the announcement of several new measures intended to improve federal regulatory and permitting processes.
Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
In Dickson v. Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation, 2024 SCC 10, the Supreme Court of Canada recently settled important questions regarding the interplay between the collective rights...
Fasken
On March 22, 2024, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission ("CRTC") initiated public consultations on the co-development of an Indigenous Broadcasting Policy.
Cassels
Two decades ago this year, the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) released its landmark decision in Haida Nation v. British Columbia (Minister of Forests).
MLT Aikins LLP
The Blood Tribe has long maintained that it did not receive the full area of reserve land that it was promised in Treaty No. 7 and has been in dispute over its Treaty Land Entitlement ("TLE")...
Fasken (French)
Le 22 mars 2024, le Conseil de la radiodiffusion et des télécommunications canadiennes (« CRTC ») a lancé une consultation publique sur l'élaboration conjointe d'une politique en matière de radiodiffusion autochtone.
MLT Aikins LLP
Charter applies to Nation but Section 25 gives collective rights primacy over individual rights.
Fasken
As we have commented on in previous bulletins, Indigenous equity participation in energy and infrastructure projects in Canada is expected to increase.
MLT Aikins LLP
Impacting federally regulated employers, including First Nations and other entities within or associated with First Nations, the Canadian Labour Code (the Code) has been amended to require longer termination notice and a written benefit statement for individual employees.
McCarthy Tétrault LLP
On February 9, 2024, the Supreme Court of Canada rendered its decision regarding the Reference re An Act respecting First Nations, Inuit and Métis children, youth and families.
Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
While 2023 was a challenging year for many venture capital firms and market conditions impacted the level of deal activity overal...
Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP
On March 28, 2024, the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) released its long-awaited decision in Dickson v. Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation, in which it addressed two novel and previously...
Aird & Berlis LLP
This is a summary of the Reference Decision of the Supreme Court of Canada ("the Court") on An Act respecting First Nations, Inuit and Métis children, youth and families (the "Act" previously known as "Bill C-92").
Aird & Berlis LLP
The Charter Applies To Recognized Indigenous Governments, Including Those With Self-Government Agreements and Modern-Day Treaties, As They Are "By Their Very Nature" Governments...
Fasken
On February 15, the Government of Québec ("Québec") and the Innu of Pessamit concluded a framework agreement regarding the territory claimed by the Innu of Pessamit...
McKercher LLP
The Supreme Court of Canada released an important decision for self-governing First Nations today in Dickson v Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation, up holding the First Nation's...
Bennett Jones LLP
On March 28, 2024, British Columbia and the Council of the Haida Nation released the draft Gaayhllxid • Gíihlagalgang "Rising Tide" Haida Title Lands Agreement...
Thompson Dorfman Sweatman LLP
On January 18, 2024, the Governments of Canada and Manitoba, Indigenous nations, and the Seal River Watershed Alliance signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)...
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