Category Archives: Aboriginal
First Nations Education Funding: The Case of Sloan & Marvin
By: Elysa Hogg PDF Version: First Nations Education Funding: The Case of Sloan & Marvin Sloan and Marvin Miller are twin children with Down Syndrome and because of where they live, their government refuses to provide them with the special … Continue reading
Sense and Sensibility at the AER?
By: David Laidlaw PDF Version: Sense and Sensibility at the AER? Decision Commented On: Pembina Pipeline Prehearing Meeting 2015 ABAER 002 The Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) held a prehearing meeting on May 14, 2014 with all of the objecting parties … Continue reading
Aboriginal Title Claim Against a Private Party Allowed to Continue
By: Nigel Bankes PDF Version: Aboriginal Title Claim Against a Private Party Allowed to Continue Case Commented On: Ominayak v Penn West Petroleum Ltd, 2015 ABQB 342 Some forty or so years ago the Lubicon Lake Band and Chief Bernard … Continue reading
The Supreme Court’s Latest Equality Rights Decision: An Emphasis on Arbitrariness
By: Jennifer Koshan and Jonnette Watson Hamilton PDF Version: The Supreme Court’s Latest Equality Rights Decision: An Emphasis on Arbitrariness Case Commented On: Kahkewistahaw First Nation v Taypotat, 2015 SCC 30 (CanLII) The Supreme Court released its decision in Kahkewistahaw … Continue reading
Crown Oil Sands Dispositions and the Duty to Consult
By: Nigel Bankes PDF Version: Crown Oil Sands Dispositions and the Duty to Consult Case Commented On: Buffalo River Dene Nation v Ministry of Energy and Resources and Scott Land and Lease Ltd, 2015 SKCA 31 The Saskatchewan Court of … Continue reading
