Ontario Government Takes Several First Nations to Court to Try to Stop Their Bid for Shared Decision-Making Authority over their Homeland Territories: This on the heels of Bills 5 and C-5 pushing back reconciliation and decolonization for 40 years
Press Release TORONTO, Dec. 17, 2025 – A major hearing on December 18 and 19 in Toronto (Ontario Superior Court) will determine whether Ontario succeeds in its efforts to crush…
BCCLA Celebrates Alberta Court of Appeal Decision Finding Oath of Allegiance Unconstitutional
Press Release December 16, 2025 Edmonton, AB/ (Treaty 6) – The BC Civil Liberties Association (BCCLA) celebrates today’s decision of the Alberta Court of Appeal in . The Court Wirring…
Indigenous Grassroots Intervention in Bill 5 Court Challenge Asserts Bill 5 Ignores Indigenous Law, Harms Rights and Culture
Press Release ATTAWAPISKAT FIRST NATION, ON, NORTH BAY, ON and TKARONTO, Dec. 15, 2025 – Ramon Kataquapit and Michel Koostachin – both from Attawapiskat First Nation – are seeking to…
Wolastoqey Response – Court of Appeal Decision
December 11, 2025 Today, the Court of Appeal of New Brunswick (NBCA) released a disappointing decision in J.D. Irving, Limited et al. v. Wolastoqey Nation, 2025 NBCA 129. For the…
CCLA Intervening in R. v. Cope to Address Overrepresentation of Indigenous People in Prisons
Press Release December 11, 2025 The CCLA will appear before the Supreme Court of Canada as an intervener in R. v. Cope on December 12, 2025. This appeal concerns the…
First Nation sues Yukon and Canada over Eagle Gold Mine Disaster and Systemic Failures to Manage Mining Responsibly
Press Release December 9, 2025— Mayo, Yukon: The First Nation of Na-Cho Nyäk Dun (“FNNND”) has filed a ground-breaking lawsuit in the Supreme Court of Yukon against the Yukon Government…
Chiefs of Ontario welcomes court decisions affirming government’s responsibility to ensure adequate housing and safe drinking water for First Nations
Press Release (Toronto, Ont.–Dec. 9, 2025) The Federal Court handed down two decisions on Friday that make clear the federal government has a fiduciary and legal duty to provide safe…
Supreme Court of Canada Appeals Heard
Press Release APPEALS HEARD December 9, 2025 OTTAWA – Today, the Supreme Court of Canada heard the following appeals and reserved its decision until a later date. Nisga’a Nation, as…
FNLC and BCCLA Celebrate Landmark Decision of the British Columbia Court of Appeal
Press Release (xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) and s əlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh)/Vancouver, B.C.) The First Nations Leadership Council (FNLC) and the BC Civil Liberties Association (BCCLA) congratulate and uplift the Gitxaala and…
MMF launches pair of lawsuits against Manitoba and Canada for Red River Métis Sixties Scoop Survivors and the Red River Métis collective
Press Release December 8, 2025 Winnipeg, MB, in the National Homeland of the Red River Métis – The Manitoba Métis Federation (MMF), National Government of the Red River Métis, has…
