Exploring Theme: "Duty to Consult/FPIC"

For the first time, Sask. First Nations can see extent of Crown land privatization in their territory CBC News: Saskatchewan First Nations say the provincial government is keeping them in the dark as it privatizes land within their traditional territories. “They started these land sales without our knowledge,” said Onion Lake Cree Nation’s Okimaw (Chief) Henry Lewis. Lewis and...

Chief Evan Taypotat says Mosaic failed to award millions of dollars in contracts to a First Nations business Alexander Quon · CBC News · Posted: Nov 17, 2022 4:05 PM CT | Last Updated: November 17 First Peoples Law Report: CBC News: Kahkewistahaw First Nation says the Mosaic Company has failed to “meaningfully consult” with the First Nation, even...

Métis Nation -Saskatchewan has filed a claim against the provincial government challenging the validity of the “2010 First Nation and Métis Consultation Policy Framework” that “doesn’t recognize Métis assertions of Aboriginal title to land and resources. Last year Métis in Saskatchewan and Alberta filed a massive land claim, seeking roughly 122,000 square kilometers in northwest...

NationTalk – The Métis Nation – Saskatchewan (“MN-S”) has filed a claim against NexGen Energy Ltd. in the Court of Queen’s Bench for Saskatchewan. MN-S is seeking from the Court: a declaration that NexGen is in breach of its obligations to negotiate an Impact Benefit Agreement (“IBA”) with MN-S in good faith and on a...