This week’s edition includes infrastructure legislation, the duty to consult, mining, Indigenous-Crown relations, and more.
IN THE NEWS
National news included the duty to consult, upcoming legislation, Indigenous-Crown relations, and addressing inequities in the Indian Act
How do Indigenous rights fit into Carney's vision of 'one economy'? | APTN News
First ministers meeting: Indigenous leaders again left out | CTV News
Liberals table bill to skirt impact assessment law | CTV News
Resource laws are changing fast, without consultation | APTN News
Senate tables legislation aims to fix ‘Indian status’ inequities | APTN News
Infrastructure legislation, consultation, environmental protection, and mining were the top stories in British Columbia
B.C.’s Bill 15 becomes law amid First Nations backlash | The Narwhal
Indigenous leader pulls out of B.C. trade mission to Asia over Bills 14, 15 | CBC News
Planning to dredge the Burrard Inlet to maximize oil shipments is underway | CBC News
Why are First Nations closing B.C. parks? | The Narwhal
New gold and silver mine officially opens in central B.C. as premier faces backlash for fast-track plans | CBC News
Free, prior, and informed consent was front and center in Alberta
Treaty Rights First! Alberta Needs First Nations’ Free, Prior, And Informed Consent To Separate | Alberta Native News
Alberta premier pens letter to chiefs to support Alberta sovereignty
The Throne speech was the top story in the prairies
Throne speech ‘didn’t go far enough’ on Treaty rights, says Onion Lake chief | Northeast NOW
In Ontario, major project legislation, duty to consult and data sovereignty made headlines
Ontario to amend controversial Bill 5, add duty to consult provisions amid First Nations uproar | CBC News
Broken trust and Bill 5: First Nations leaders at Queen’s Park | The Narwhal
Indigenous community on Manitoulin Island gets a data centre to help preserve its cultural heritage | CBC News
Opposition to legislation took the spotlight in Quebec
First Nations say Quebec legislation Bill 97 threatens environment | Global News
Mining and consultation topped the news in the Maritimes
U.S. imperialism claws into Sisson as Northcliff/Todd stalls for time | NB Media Co-op
Nova Scotia chiefs say province needs to improve consultation on natural resources | CBC News
FROM THE COURTS
The Alberta Court of Appeal weighed in on the right to appeal a judicial review decision
Northback Holdings Corporation v Alberta Energy Regulator, 2025 ABCA 186
BEYOND THE NEWS
FPL is now accepting applications for the 2026-2027 articling year until June 30, 2025. Click below to learn more and apply!
Articling Student | Careers | First Peoples Law LLP
Read the Seaboard Review of Books’ review here:
Indigenous Rights in One Minute by Bruce McIvor
UPCOMING EVENTS
Join Bruce for a discussion about his new book, Indigenous Rights in One Minute: What You Need to Know to Talk Reconciliation in Yellowknife on June 11th or in Vancouver on June 18th. Find more information here.
QUOTE OF THE WEEK
We want to remind [King Charles] to continue to uphold and respect the treaty relationship that his great-great-grandmother Queen Victoria signed with us.
- Vice Chief David Pratt, Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations
OFF THE BOOKSHELF
For leaders, the whiff of smoke to the north served as a reminder that decisions made in their councils were to be based on the principle ‘that the well-being of people took precedence over form, custom, and even tradition.'
- Basil Johnston, Ojibway Heritage (1976)
