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March 22, 2023
Supreme Court hears important federalism case without its only Indigenous member
The Globe and Mail: The first Indigenous judge in the Supreme Court’s 148-year history has been left off a case with important consequences for Indigenous peoples, so the court could avoid the possibility of a tie vote. With one of its nine members caught up in a disciplinary process, Chief Justice Richard Wagner chose to hear a...
January 31, 2023
Dollar value of resources to be debated as final stage of treaty annuities trial begins
One group of plaintiffs in confidential settlement talks while other continues with litigation CBC News: The final stage of a complex trial over the payment of treaty annuities in northern Ontario kicked off Monday with one group of plaintiffs pursuing negotiations and the other in court panning the provincial government. The case concerns a clause...
November 4, 2022
Native Women’s Association of Canada says Supreme Court decision undermines Gladue framework and perpetuates overincarceration of Indigenous women
NationTalk: OTTAWA – The following are remarks by Adam Bond, Manager of Legal Services for the Native Women’s Association of Canada (NWAC), following the release of the decision of the Supreme Court of Canada in the case of His Majesty the King in Right of Canada v. Cheyenne Sharma, to which NWAC was an intervenor:...
October 12, 2022
Supreme Court to hear case on whether Indigenous governments are subject to Charter scrutiny
NationTalk: The Canadian Constitution Foundation (CCF) has been granted leave to intervene in a landmark case dealing with the scope of section 25 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, and how this provision’s guarantee of rights for Indigenous people interacts with the Charter. Section 25 of the Charter provides that “[t]he guarantee in...
March 26, 2022
Is denial of conditional sentences for Indigenous people systemic racism? The Supreme Court will decide
The Toronto Star (Windspeaker.com) – The Supreme Court of Canada will be weighing the arguments it heard March 23 to determine whether the inability to make conditional sentencing available in some cases amounts to systemic racism for Indigenous offenders, infringing on their Charter rights. In 2012, the Criminal Code was amended through the Safe Streets...
February 17, 2022
Blood Tribe “Big Claim” statute of limitations appeal going to Supreme Court
Feb. 17, 2022: Aboriginal Law Report: Lethbridge NewsNow – In an update to the Big Claim appeal, the Blood Tribe will take the matter to the Supreme Court of Canada. The appeal was filed by the Canadian Government from the decision of the Federal Court, finding that the trial judge determined that under the terms of the Blackfoot...