The members of Mikisew Cree First Nation are descended from signatories of Treaty 8. Their traditional territory encompasses Wood Buffalo National Park and parts of Alberta’s tar sands developments. In 2013, they filed suit in Federal Court, arguing that the Crown had a duty to consult Mikisew Cree First Nation prior to proposing amendments to environmental protection legislation that could impact upon their treaty rights. The litigation made its way to the Supreme Court of Canada, where the Court resolved the case on jurisdictional grounds. In three separate opinions, however, the majority went on to explain that the Crown did not have a duty to consult Mikisew Cree First Nation. The ...
This article is intended as a companion piece to Øyvind Ravna’s contribution to this anniversary vol...
Large parts of Canada, from Ontario to parts of British Columbia and north to the Northwest Territor...
In its recent decisions in Tsilhqot’in Nation and Grassy Narrows, the Supreme Court of Canada has si...
The tracts taken up provision found in many treaties across Canada puts geographic limits on First...
Large parts of Canada, from Ontario to parts of British Columbia and north to the Northwest Territor...
In Canada, the duty to consult doctrine has been articulated as a legal remedy to address the potent...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this thesis is to assess the Crown’s Constitutional duty of consultation an...
In its foundational case law, the Supreme Court of Canada linked the duty to consult and accommodate...
In Mikisew Cree II, a large majority of the Supreme Court of Canada took the view that the Constitut...
The judiciary has repeatedly called on First Nations and the Crown not to tax the institutional comp...
The paper stems from a research collaboration with the Anishini or Oji-Cree community of Kitchenuhma...
The Crown has fiduciary obligations to First Nations and must act in consequence. One of this conse...
The federal and provincial governments have a duty to consult Aboriginal people when they propose to...
In Mikisew Cree II, a large majority of the Supreme Court of Canada took the view that the Constitut...
Can municipalities infringe Aboriginal or treaty rights without consulting the affected Indigenous g...
This article is intended as a companion piece to Øyvind Ravna’s contribution to this anniversary vol...
Large parts of Canada, from Ontario to parts of British Columbia and north to the Northwest Territor...
In its recent decisions in Tsilhqot’in Nation and Grassy Narrows, the Supreme Court of Canada has si...
The tracts taken up provision found in many treaties across Canada puts geographic limits on First...
Large parts of Canada, from Ontario to parts of British Columbia and north to the Northwest Territor...
In Canada, the duty to consult doctrine has been articulated as a legal remedy to address the potent...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this thesis is to assess the Crown’s Constitutional duty of consultation an...
In its foundational case law, the Supreme Court of Canada linked the duty to consult and accommodate...
In Mikisew Cree II, a large majority of the Supreme Court of Canada took the view that the Constitut...
The judiciary has repeatedly called on First Nations and the Crown not to tax the institutional comp...
The paper stems from a research collaboration with the Anishini or Oji-Cree community of Kitchenuhma...
The Crown has fiduciary obligations to First Nations and must act in consequence. One of this conse...
The federal and provincial governments have a duty to consult Aboriginal people when they propose to...
In Mikisew Cree II, a large majority of the Supreme Court of Canada took the view that the Constitut...
Can municipalities infringe Aboriginal or treaty rights without consulting the affected Indigenous g...
This article is intended as a companion piece to Øyvind Ravna’s contribution to this anniversary vol...
Large parts of Canada, from Ontario to parts of British Columbia and north to the Northwest Territor...
In its recent decisions in Tsilhqot’in Nation and Grassy Narrows, the Supreme Court of Canada has si...