March 8-14, 2023

By Bruce McIvor and Cody O'Neil

This week’s edition includes hunting rights, Treaty rights, Charter rights, injunctions and more.

 

IN THE NEWS


Treaty rights and Aboriginal title were front and centre on the east coast 

 

 

The Ring of Fire and consultation returned to Ontario headlines 

 

 

Treaty rights were in the spotlight in Saskatchewan 

 

 

Systemic racism and Charter rights topped Alberta headlines 

 

 

BC news included land defence and colonial surveillance

 

 

Consultation is before the courts in the NWT

 

 

National news featured UNDRIP and human rights

 

 

FROM THE COURTS


The Federal Court approved the “Band Class” day school settlement agreement 

 

 

HOT OFF THE PRESS


Check out this new book by Dr. Leo Baskatawang on Anishinaabe law and the Treaty right to education

 

 

QUOTE OF THE WEEK


"Instead of dealing with the real underlying issues, the fundamental issues around land and jurisdiction, they want to continue to just handcuff us."

- Kanahus Manuel 

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Bruce McIvor, lawyer and historian, is partner at First Peoples Law LLP. He is also an Adjunct Professor at the University of British Columbia’s Allard School of Law where he teaches the constitutional law of Aboriginal and Treaty rights. A member of the bar in British Columbia and Ontario, Bruce is recognized nationally and internationally as a leading practitioner of Aboriginal law in Canada. Bruce's ancestors took Métis scrip at Red River in Manitoba. He holds a law degree, a Ph.D. in Aboriginal and environmental history, is a Fulbright Scholar and author of Standoff: Why Reconciliation Fails Indigenous People and How to Fix It. He is a member of the Manitoba Métis Federation.