This week’s edition includes Jordan’s Principle, natural resource projects, the justice system, conservation and more.
IN THE NEWS
National headlines highlighted child welfare, Jordan’s Principle, carbon pricing, UNDRIP and ‘reconciliation’
First Nations groups concerned after delay in $20B child-welfare reform talks | CBC News
'Canada’s' backlog of Jordan’s Principle requests is at 'crisis levels': Caring Society | IndigiNews
Indian Resource Council president hints carbon tax legal challenge is in the works | Windspeaker
Advocates denounce Chrétien-era bid to weaken UN Indigenous rights declaration | CBC News
2023 was not a good year for Reconciliation | Indigenous Watchdog
The justice system was in the spotlight on the East Coast
Too many 'tragic ends': First Nations call for public inquiry into justice system | Spare News | Penticton Herald
In Quebec, the first Indigenous Lieutenant-Governer was top of the news
Manon Jeannotte becomes Quebec’s first Indigenous Lieutenant-Governor | Spare News | Penticton Herald
Ontario news featured energy projects, cannabis, and our client Wahkohtowin Development hosting an Indigenous Lands Symposium
Ontario delays final approval on two energy storage projects | The Narwhal
Sudbury trial raises questions about Indigenous rights to sell cannabis | CBC News
Indigenous forestry event grows, moves to Timmins | Timmins News
Conservation, culturally important sites, and a human rights complaint were front and centre in the Prairies
Four Manitoba First Nations sign historic conservation agreement | The Narwhal
Human rights complaint filed over Manitoba election ad against landfill search | Victoria Times Colonist
First Nations members concerned about logging damaging historical areas | MBC Radio
Athabasca Chief consulting with feds on First Nations Clean Water Act | Edmonton Journal
BC news included natural resource projects, the Coastal GasLink hearing and an Aboriginal title litigation
Crown Mountain Coking Coal Project passes latest stage of federal review, public and indigenous consultation to follow | Fernie BC News
RCMP at Coastal GasLink pipeline blockade raid worried about weapons, booby traps | CBC News
Indigenous leaders excited for Cedar LNG project in Kitimat | Prince George Citizen
Gitanyow, Nisga’a fight over Nass Wildlife Area | Business in Vancouver
In the North, the Nunavut devolution agreement and salmon made the top headlines
Trudeau, Akeeagok to sign ‘largest land transfer in Canada’s history’ | Nunatsiaq
Justin Trudeau signs 'historic' agreement with Nunavut | CTV News
Yukon Energy puts focus on salmon as it seeks new 25-year licence for Whitehorse dam | CBC News
FPL IN THE NEWS
Kate was interviewed by the Washington Post about the Restoule case
Canada could owe First Nations billions for broken treaty promise | The Washington Post*
To learn more about the case, check out our recent blog post
Treaty Rights at the Supreme Court of Canada: Restoule Appeal | First Peoples Law LLP
FROM THE COURTS
The Nova Scotia Court of Appeal dismissed the Crown’s appeal of a class action certification involving Aboriginal and Charter rights
Nova Scotia Court of Appeal Upholds Class Action Decision of January 27, 2022 | Nation Talk
Nova Scotia (Attorney General) v. Joyce, 2024 NSCA 9
QUOTE OF THE WEEK
One way to avoid litigation is to listen. It costs a lot less.
- Indigenous Watchdog
OFF THE BOOKSHELF
Self-determination cannot be given or taken away. It is an act of conviction that resides in the heart of every individual, and it is cultivated through the cohesion of community values, customary practices, and education.
- Leo Baskatawang, Reclaiming Anishinaabe Law (2023)
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