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Indigenous Rights Year in Review – Bruce McIvor
2021 was another major year for Indigenous rights across the country. Check out our “Year in Review” countdown below to learn more. 5. Cross-border rights Cross-border rights were front and centre in the Supreme Court’s Desautel decision. It was an honour to represent the Indigenous Bar Association on their intervention in the Desautel appeal. Check out our […]
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Territories We Visited in 2021 – CMG News
Dec 22, 2021 Being with our clients in their communities and territories is one of the biggest highlights of our work. 2021 gave us the chance to (safely) return to several Nations we serve. We want to share with you some of the amazing places our team visited this year, and extend a big thank […]
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First Peoples Law Report Dec 13-19, 2021 – First Peoples Law
West coast news included UNDRIP, land defence and logging Two years after B.C. passed its own UNDRIP act, has anything changed? | The Narwhal Re: Unlawful attacks on Indigenous land rights defenders in Wet’suwet’en Territory | Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada B.C. hears from 161 First Nations on plans for old-growth logging deferrals | The Globe and […]
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B.C. Fails to Meet Indigenous Consent Standard for Mining — 8 Recent Cases
Vancouver/Ottawa – December 6th, 2021. In a new backgrounder report, MiningWatch Canada and the BC Mining Law Reform network conclude that British Columbia fails to meet the Indigenous consent standard for mining, even two years after the passing of the province’s Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (DRIPA). The report comes on the heels of […]
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First Peoples Law Report Nov 29 – Dec 5, 2021 – First Peoples Law
Aboriginal title was front and centre on the east coast Industrial corporations named in new Wolastoqey title claim | Wolastoqey Nation in New Brunswick Aboriginal title claim | CBC Listen Wolastoqey Nation files claim against New Brunswick corporations | APTN News Consultation returned to Ontario news Neskantaga First Nation taking Ontario to court over ‘inadequate’ consultation […]
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BC Government: Thirty lawyers appointed as Queen’s counsel
Dec. 2, 2021 VICTORIA – Thirty British Columbians are being honoured with the Queen’s counsel designation for their contributions to B.C.’s provincial justice system through their work as lawyers. “Lawyers play an important role in guiding clients through the justice system. Congratulations to each of these extraordinary lawyers and thank you for all you do […]
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First Peoples Law Report Nov 22-28, 2021 – First Peoples Law
Land defenders faced another police raid in Wet’suwet’en territory RCMP arrest journalists, matriarchs, land defenders on Wet’suwet’en territory | The Narwhal B.C. Civil Liberties Assoc. demands RCMP leave Wet’suwet’en territory | APTN News BC RCMP Says It Deployed Snipers and Assault Teams Against Unarmed Indigenous Land Defenders Because It Was ‘More Practicable’ | Press Progress Court injunction in […]
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B.C. Civil Liberties Association demands RCMP ‘stand down’ and leave Wet’suwet’en territory – APTN News
The British Columbia Civil Liberties Association (BCCLA) says it’s “appalled” by the increasing militarization of RCMP forces on the ground in Wet’suwet’en territory and is demanding the police “stand down & vacate” the area. “This is not a rescue mission. This is a siege. The Wet’suwet’en Hereditary Chiefs have repeatedly asserted that Coastal GasLink and […]
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Campbell River Indigenous lawyer part of historic Law Society of B.C. election – Campbell River Mirror
Nov. 24, 2021 A Campbell River lawyer has helped make the Law Society of BC (LSBC) annual election of benchers an historic one for Indigenous representation within this part of British Columbia’s justice system. Benchers govern the society and for the 137-year history of the Law Society, only two Indigenous lawyers have ever been elected […]
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The Over-Representation of Indigenous People in Prison – The Honourable Harry S. LaForme – First Peoples Law
November 24, 2021 Put em in Jail! There are many reasons why Indigenous people today are dramatically over-represented in Canada’s prisons. Much of this has been documented by the Supreme Court of Canada in 1999 in the seminal case of R. v. Gladue. The bottom line is that Indigenous people suffer intergenerational trauma from the […]
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