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
JFK Court Report: Recent Cases from Newfoundland and Labrador
NunatuKavut Community Council Inc. v. Nalcor Energy, 2014 NLCA 46 The Newfoundland and Labrador Court of Appeal overturned a perpetual injunction against the NunatuKavut Community Council, Inc. (NCC), a Read More
JFK Court Report: Recent Cases from Alberta
Orr v Peerless Trout First Nation, 2015 ABQB 5 This case dealt with a challenge to the section of PTFN’s Customary Election Regulations that prevents any member from running Read More