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Unprecedented Aboriginal Consultation Policy released by Government of Newfoundland and Labrador

  • McCarthy Tétrault LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • May 1 2013

On April 23, 2013, the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) released its updated "Aboriginal Consultation Policy on Land and

British Columbia Court of Appeal: city owes no duty to consult first nations

  • McCarthy Tétrault LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • November 23 2012

On September 24, 2012, in Neskonlith Indian Band v. Salmon Arm (City) (Neskonlith), the British Columbia Court of Appeal (BCCA) dismissed the appeal of the Neskonlith Indian Band (Band), confirming that the City of Salmon Arm (City) did not owe a constitutional duty to consult the Band in respect of the issuance of a development permit

The British Columbia Court of Appeal upholds decision that city owes no duty to consult first nation Neskonlith Indian Band v. Salmon Arm (City)

  • McCarthy Tétrault LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • September 25 2012

On September 24, 2012, in Neskonlith Indian Band v. Salmon Arm (City) (Neskonlith), the British Columbia Court of Appeal (BCCA) dismissed the appeal of the Neskonlith Indian Band (Band), confirming that the City of Salmon Arm (City) did not owe a constitutional duty to consult the Band in respect of the issuance of a development permit

Modern treaties and the Crown’s duty to consult aboriginal peoples Beckman v. Little SalmonCarmacks First Nation

  • McCarthy Tétrault LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • November 24 2010

On November 19, 2010, the Supreme Court of Canada ("SCC") released its fifth decision dealing with the Crown’s duty to consult aboriginal peoples Beckman v. Little SalmonCarmacks First Nation ("Little Salmon"

Ontario court affirms private property owners’ rights of quiet enjoyment in face of aboriginal claims

  • McCarthy Tétrault LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • April 27 2009

On April 3, 2009 the Ontario Superior Court of Justice granted an interlocutory injunction in favour of the plaintiff John Voortman & Associates Ltd. ("Voortman") against the defendants the Haudenosaunee Confederacy Chiefs Council and the Haudenosaunee Men’s Fire of the Grand River ("HMF") restraining them from entering the plaintiff’s property and from obstructing the property’s development