Category Archives: Aboriginal

Evidentiary Issues with Claim of Racial Profiling in R v Kenowesequape

Posted on March 22, 2018 by Chad Haggerty

By: Chad Haggerty PDF Version: Evidentiary Issues with Claim of Racial Profiling in R v Kenowesequape Case Commented On: R v Kenowesequape, 2018 ABQB 135 (CanLII) In 1999, the Ontario Court of Appeal adopted the following definition of “racial profiling” Racial profiling … Continue reading →

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Bill C-69, the Impact Assessment Act, and Indigenous Process Considerations

Posted on March 15, 2018 by David Laidlaw

By: David Laidlaw PDF Version: Bill C-69, the Impact Assessment Act, and Indigenous Process Considerations Legislation Commented On: An Act to enact the Impact Assessment Act and the Canadian Energy Regulator Act, to amend the Navigation Protection Act and to make … Continue reading →

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Indigenous Engagement and Consideration in the Newly Proposed Impact Assessment Act: The Fog Persists

Posted on February 27, 2018 by David V Wright

By: David V. Wright PDF Version: Indigenous Engagement and Consideration in the Newly Proposed Impact Assessment Act: The Fog Persists Bill Commented On: Bill C-69, An Act to enact the Impact Assessment Act and the Canadian Energy Regulator Act, to amend … Continue reading →

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Tracing the Likeness of Colten Boushie in the Law Classroom

Posted on February 22, 2018 by Lisa Silver

By: Lisa A. Silver PDF Version: Tracing the Likeness of Colten Boushie in the Law Classroom On January 29, 2018, the nation’s gaze was decidedly fixed on Battleford, Saskatchewan where the second-degree murder trial of Gerald Stanley was commencing. From that … Continue reading →

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Court Confirms that Good Faith Fulfilment of Modern Treaties is Essential to the Project of Reconciliation

Posted on December 14, 2017 by Nigel Bankes

By: Nigel Bankes PDF Version: Court Confirms that Good Faith Fulfilment of Modern Treaties is Essential to the Project of Reconciliation Case Commented On: First Nation of Nacho Nyak Dun v Yukon, 2017 SCC 58 (CanLII) In this unanimous decision authored by Justice … Continue reading →

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