By: Robert Hamilton Case Commented on: Reference re Impact Assessment Act, 2023 SCC 23 (CanLII) PDF Version: The IAA Reference: A Missed Opportunity for Guidance on Important Issues Pertaining to Indigenous Peoples In the Reference re Impact Assessment Act, 2023 SCC 23 (CanLII) (IAA Ref), the Supreme Court of Canada considered the constitutionality of the […]
By: Naiomi W. Metallic Case Commented On: Renvoi à la Cour d’appel du Québec relatif à la Loi concernant les enfants, les jeunes et les familles des Premières Nations, des Inuits et des Métis, 2022 QCCA 185 (CanLII) (unofficial English translation) PDF Version: Extending Paramountcy to Indigenous Child Welfare Laws Does Not Offend our Constitutional Architecture or Jordan’s […]
By: Kerry Wilkins Case Commented On: Renvoi à la Cour d’appel du Québec relatif à la Loi concernant les enfants, les jeunes et les familles des Premières Nations, des Inuits et des Métis, 2022 QCCA 185 (CanLII) (unofficial English translation) (Reference) PDF Version: With a Little Help from the Feds: Incorporation by Reference and Bill […]
By: Robert Hamilton & Nick Ettinger PDF Version: Yahey v British Columbia and the Clarification of the Standard for a Treaty Infringement Case Commented On: Yahey v British Columbia, 2021 BCSC 1287 (CanLII) On June 29, 2021, the Supreme Court of British Columbia ruled that the Crown had infringed Treaty 8 by “permitting the cumulative impacts of […]
By: Nigel Bankes PDF Version: The AER Must Consider the Honour of the Crown Decision Commented On: Fort McKay First Nation v Prosper Petroleum Ltd, 2020 ABCA 163 In this important decision, a unanimous panel of the Court of Appeal concluded that the Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) has an obligation to take into account the […]
