Aboriginal Law Report for the week ending March 20, 2016 – First People’s Law
March 20, 2016 Here’s our update for the week ending March 20, 2016. In the News The future of proposed pipelines was again in the news. Kanesatake grand chief vows…
City of Courtenay and K’ómoks First Nation Sign Servicing Agreement
Press Release March 17, 2016 A servicing agreement between the City of Courtenay and the K’ómoks First Nation for the provision of water and sanitary sewer services to K’ómoks First…
Public Notice: Pacific NorthWest LNG Project – Request for Additional Information
Press Release March 19, 2016 — The Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency has requested additional information from Pacific NorthWest LNG Ltd. (the proponent) for the federal environmental assessment of the proposed Pacific NorthWest LNG…
Statement: Minister Tootoo welcomes participation of Indigenous groups in Recreational Fisheries Conservation Partnerships Program
Press Release March 18, 2016 As Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and Coast Guard, I am pleased to announce that the Recreational Fisheries Conservation Partnerships Program (RFCPP) is now open and…
$2 million for urban-Aboriginal skills training
Press Release March 18, 2016 Reducing barriers and enhancing access to training and jobs is behind a new partnership with the B.C. Association of Aboriginal Friendship Centres that will serve…
Woodfibre LNG Project: Environmental Assessment Decision
Press Release March 18, 2016 — Ottawa — Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency The Honourable Catherine McKenna, Minister of Environment and Climate Change, today announced that the proposed Woodfibre LNG Project, located near…
The Trudeau budget: What you should know before tomorrow – The Globe and Mail
Mar. 21, 2016 After months of flowing rhetoric about sunny ways and a different approach to politics, Tuesday’s federal budget marks a key moment for the new Liberal government: Is…
Falcon and Shoal Lake residents hold info session near proposed Energy East pipeline path
Press Release March 17, 2016 Winnipeg – Falcon Beach, Iskatewizaagegan (Shoal Lake 39) and Shoal Lake 40 residents met near the proposed path of the controversial Energy East pipeline with…
Update on the Review of all Invalid Applications in the Qalipu Mi’kmaq First Nation Enrolment Process
Press Release March 18, 2016 Ottawa, ON Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada The Honourable Carolyn Bennett, Minister of Indigenous and Northern Affairs, and Brendan Mitchell, Chief of the Qalipu Mi’kmaq…
Open Letter: Canada Must Immediately Withdraw Its Application for Judicial Review of Tribunal Decision in the Akisq’nuk First Nation’s Specific Claim
Press Release March 18, 2016 Dear Ministers Bennett and Wilson-Raybould, We write to urge you to immediately withdraw Canada’s application for judicial review of the Specific Claims Tribunal’s (“Tribunal”) decision…
