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A Conversation with Justice LaForme

  • 31 mai 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)

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Message From the Chair

  • 31 mai 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.

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Message from the Editors

  • 31 mai 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. 

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A New Paradigm for Aboriginal Consultation in Ontario

  • 05 décembre 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.

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Consultation - Then and Now

  • 05 décembre 2012
  • Neal Smitheman, Tracy Pratt, Andrew Baerg

This article reviews the injunction and leave to appeal decisions in the Wahgoshig First Nation v. Solid Gold Resources Corp. litigation.

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Crown Delegation of Consultation Responsibilities

  • 05 décembre 2012
  • Peter Landmann

Peter Landmann stipulates that although Crown delegation of the procedural aspects of consultation is both necessary and permissible, the courts should provide more guidance delineating the roles of Aboriginal communities, proponents and the Crown within the consultation process.

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Attawapiskat Wins Judicial Review of Decision to Appoint Third-Party Manager

  • 05 décembre 2012
  • Karen Drake

This article examines the successful judicial review of the decision of the Minister of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada in appointing a third-party manager over Attawapiskat First Nation’s financial affairs following publicity over Attawapiskat’s housing crisis.

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