Feb 22-28, 2021By Bruce McIvor and Cody O'NeilThis week's edition includes land defence, Treaty rights, water rights, legal personhood, policing, judicial diversity, consent and more. IN THE NEWS
Land defence, policing and Treaty rights topped BC headlines Coal mining was back in Alberta news The duty to consult, consent and Treaty rights were in the spotlight in Saskatchewan A river was granted legal personhood in Quebec Mi’kmaq continue to defend their Treaty rights in and out of the courts Governance, property rights and mining were front and centre in NWT and Nunavut news Water rights, judicial diversity and energy regulation were hot topics across the country FROM THE COURTS
The Manitoba Court of Appeal weighed in on the province's flood control management system QUOTE OF THE WEEK
“While the government claims to be taking action to end systemic racism and to seek reconciliation, Indigenous youth are being thrown on the ground, their hair is pulled, and they have to go to the hospital for police-inflicted injuries. Indigenous youth must not be criminalized and targeted for peacefully standing with Indigenous nations asserting their Title and Rights; this is in clear opposition to BC’s obligations under the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act. We are inspired by the action of Indigenous youth and we raise our hands to them for their actions for all our future generations.” - Kukpi7 Judy Wilson, Union of BC Indian Chiefs OFF THE BOOKSHELF
"When people are engaged in something they are not proud of, they do not welcome witnesses. In fact, they come to believe the witness causes the trouble." - John Steinbeck, Travels with Charley in Search of America (1962) | 
