Exploring Theme: "Provincial Opposition"

Globe and Mail – Premier Brian Pallister unequivocally states that implementing UNDRIP would compound the havoc experienced by Canadian families and businesses caused by the uncertainty in securing clarity and predictability around Indigenous consultation and environmental approval processes”. In other words, the “new federal government legislation on the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of...

Indigenous Bar Association – The IBA raises the following points to point out the flawed logic of Premier Pallister’s opinion piece: Canadian courts have and continue to cite the UN Declaration to inform domestic law. Over 70 Canadian cases have considered the UN Declaration and its application. It is a longstanding legal principle that Canadian...