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The 2013 Federal Budget Sends Mixed Messages on Aboriginal Issues

  • May 31, 2013
  • David McRobert

On March 21, 2013, the Harper government tabled its second majority government budget. The budget fails to present an overall coherent strategy on Aboriginal issues, rather containing over a dozen measures designed to improve the health, welfare and economic prosperity of Aboriginal Canadians. 

Aboriginal Law

A Conversation with Justice LaForme

  • May 31, 2013
  • Julie Jai, Richard Ogden

On Thursday, February 7, 2013, following his address to the Aboriginal Law Section at the OBA Institute in Toronto, Justice Harry LaForme kindly sat down with Julie Jai (section chair), and Richard Ogden (newsletter co-editor)

Aboriginal Law

Message From the Chair

  • May 31, 2013
  • Julie Jai

2013 began with a number of significant developments in Aboriginal law and policy, making it an especially interesting time to be a member of the Aboriginal Law Section.

Aboriginal Law

Message from the Editors

  • May 31, 2013
  • Nastaran Roushan, Richard Ogden

Developments in the field of "Aboriginal law" affect the self-determination of Aboriginal communities. Consequently, many Indigenous grassroots movements view the institutions that make and enforce "Aboriginal law" as a continuation of colonization. 

Aboriginal Law

A New Paradigm for Aboriginal Consultation in Ontario

  • December 05, 2012
  • David Hunter, Nalin Sahni, George McKibbon

David Hunter, Nalin Sahni, and George McKibbon explore the provisions of the following statutes in creating Ontario’s “new Aboriginal consultation regime”: the new Canadian Environmental Assessment Act, 2012; amendments / enactments under Ontario’s mining legislation; and the Far North Act, 2010.

Aboriginal Law