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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

High water mark test for establishing Aboriginal title to be reviewed by the SCC

  • McCarthy Tétrault LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • March 20 2013

The Supreme Court of Canada is set to revisit the test for Aboriginal title when it hears an appeal from the British Columbia Court of Appeal's

A duty of diligent fulfillment? SCC rules that land grants to Métis children breached Honour of Crown

  • McCarthy Tétrault LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • March 18 2013

Canada breached the Honour of the Crown in the manner in which it distributed parcels of land to the children of the Métis people of Manitoba in the

Aboriginal rights whose rights are they anyways?

  • McCarthy Tétrault LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • May 24 2012

The Supreme Court of Canada recently granted leave to appeal from the judgment of the BC Court of Appeal in Sally Behn et al

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"

Neighbourhood annoyances and the duty of municipal authorities to enforce their by-laws

  • McCarthy Tétrault LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • November 6 2009

On September 17, 2009, the Superior Court of Québec ordered the Municipality of St-Adolphe-d’Howard to pay more than $115,000 in damages to two residents of the municipality

"Mere assertion" of a duty to consult is not enough to show irreparable harm: Federal Court of Appeal decision in Minister of Public Works and Government Services v. Musqueam Indian Band

  • McCarthy Tétrault LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • June 24 2008

On June 13, 2008 the Federal Court of Appeal released its decision in Minister of Public Works and Government Services v. Musqueam Indian Band