Introduction The Supreme Court of Canada issued its judgment in Carter v Canada on Friday February 6, concluding that the Criminal Code provisions prohibiting doctor-assisted suicide are unconstitutional. The Read More
JFK Court Report: Recent Cases from British Columbia
Chief Joe Hall v. Canada Lands Company, 2014 BCSC 2361 This is a case to watch for determination of the issue of Crown successorship for liability for wrongdoing of Read More
Bob Freedman and Melody Lepine to Present today at CI’s Western Aboriginal Consultation & Negotiation
Today, JFK Law’s Robert Freedman and Melody Lepine of Mikisew Cree First Nation will be making a joint presentation on the topic of “Negotiating Effective Impact Benefit Agreements and Read More
Rosanne Kyle and Krista Robertson present today at PBLI’s Consultation and Accommodation 2015
Rosanne Kyle and Jennifer Griffith (Donovan and Company) will be speaking on the topic of “Consultation and Accommodation in the Administrative Tribunal Context: The Enbridge Case Study”. Krista Robertson Read More
Robert Freedman, Krista Robertson and Mark Gustafson to present at PBLI’s Aboriginal IBAs: Negotiation and Implementation
On March 4th and 5th, 2015, JFK Law’s Bob Freedman, Krista Robertson and Mark Gustafson will be presenting at PBLI’s conference on Aboriginal Impact Benefit Agreements: Negotiation and Implementation, in Vancouver, B.C. Bob Read More
Summary of the Act to Amend the Indian Act
On December 16, 2014, the federal government passed Bill C-428 An Act to Amend the Indian Act, SC 2014 c 38. It says the Act is part of its Read More
JFK Court Report: Recent Cases from Ontario
The Ontario courts were fairly quiet on Aboriginal law in late 2014, however two cases touched on the intersection of Aboriginal rights and family law. In Brown v. Canada, Read More
JFK Court Report: Recent Cases from Specific Claims Tribunal
Halalt First Nation v Canada (Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development), 2014 SCTC 12 Halalt First Nation (“Halalt”) sought to amend its Declaration of Claim (“Claim”) to add Read More