1492 Land Back Lane files 11th hour constitutional question as injunction hearing looms – CBC

Ontario judge has said he won’t hear constitutional arguments until occupation ends

Oct 22, 2020

The spokesperson for a Six Nations land reclamation camp that has halted a housing development in Caledonia, Ont., served notice to Ottawa and Ontario on a constitutional question days before an Ontario court judge rules on whether to grant a permanent injunction against the camp.

Skyler Williams, a spokesperson for 1492 Land Back Lane — a camp set up in mid-July on a property slated to become a development called McKenzie Meadows — served the Attorney General of Ontario and the Attorney General of Canada on Tuesday, according to the court filing.

“The Crown, Canada and Ontario, is guilty of negligence in this case because they have breached their duty of care owed to the defendant and all other people of Six Nations, causing harm to the defendant and potentially irreparable harm to Six Nations,” said the filing.

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