Sept 28 - Oct 4, 2020By Bruce McIvor and Cody O'NeilThis week's edition includes Treaty rights, harvesting laws, environmental assessment, colonial surveillance, land defence, Orange Shirt Day and more. IN THE NEWS
Over 150 legal professionals and academics have signed an open letter urging immediate action to uphold the Treaty rights and protect the safety of our client Sipekne’katik First Nation Also on the east coast, carbon tax and the duty to consult are at the centre of a new lawsuit in New Brunswick Racism and medical colonialism were in the national spotlight following the death of Joyce Echaquan The policing of Indigenous land defenders continues at 1492 Land Back Lane First Nations’ forest management and Treaty rights were hot topics in northern Ontario In Manitoba, Métis harvesting laws were front and centre Beaver Lake Cree Nation is appealing an advance cost decision to the Supreme Court Child welfare, fish farms and colonial surveillance topped the headlines in BC Also in BC, the Office of the Wet'suwet'en was in court over Coastal GasLink's environmental assessment certificate It was Orange Shirt Day on September 30th FROM THE COURTS
The Federal Court weighed in on a jurisdictional dispute over First Nations' childcare services QUOTE OF THE WEEK
“Our rights cannot be swept under the rug by Crown governments passing legislation designed to clear the way for mining and development on our lands without our consent." - Chief Sheldon Oskineegish, Nibinamik First Nation OFF THE BOOKSHELF
“It’s hard being a person, but it’s not so hard if they think you are a person.” - Philip Pullman, I Was a Rat! (1999) | 
