Sentences with phrase «aboriginal rights cases»

A room full of surprised veteran B.C. Aboriginal leaders erupted in «cheers and tears» after the Supreme Court of Canada, in the most important aboriginal rights case in the country's history, ruled...

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Grey says the case «raises the most fundamental questions,» pitting fundamental Charter rights against aboriginal autonomy — but he's quick to point out that this is not the first time a group has said mixed marriage jeopardizes the survival of a culture.

«You really get a sense that judges who have listened to the many hours of evidence presented in these cases come to understand it, and want to do the right thing — despite the wide - ranging implications of issuing a declaration of aboriginal title.»

Clarke was co-counsel for First Nations Child and Family Caring Society in Caring Society v. Canada, a case that led to the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal finding that the federal government's underfunding of First Nations child welfare programs discriminates against Canada's aboriginal people.

It covers all aspects of aboriginal case law including title, rights and Gladue factors.

For example, suppose that the plaintiffs succeed in establishing aboriginal title in this case and that that title includes oil and gas rights (see Delgamuukw).

Prof. Morin points out that in their opinions, several judges held as obiter that the rights of aboriginal peoples within the Province of Québec in 1763 may have been protected by the Royal Proclamation, which runs contrary to other case law.

Representing First Nations at the Supreme Court of Canada fourteen times in cases at the heart of the developing law of aboriginal and treaty rights and the duty to consult.

Robert assists his clients in a wide diversity of cases including those respecting aboriginal title and rights, consultation and accommodation, environmental law and the interpretation and application of the Indian Act to bands and individuals.

While recognizing there are no other court cases that look at the effect of international law on aboriginal rights and there should be a different test than those cases where the impact is immediate.

This particular case deals with the treaty rights of a specific First Nation, and there is a significant difference between aboriginal rights and treaty rights.

Beyond merely acknowledging the existence of the Mi» kmaq treaty right to a «limited» commercial fishery, the Marshall decision reaffirms a commitment by the Court, articulated previously in cases such as Sparrow, Van der Peet, Badger and Delgamuukw, to look to the aboriginal perspective when interpreting historically based claims by a First Nation against the Crown.

This was a case dealing with aboriginal rights in which the appellant argued that he was exercising an existing aboriginal right to fish for subsistence and ceremonial purposes.

In this case, the majority of the Court found that no aboriginal right to a commercial fishery existed for the Sto: lo First Nation.

The thing is referenced by the Charter and by darn near every single appellate case involving aboriginal rights.

He says it «cuts a wide swath of stuff» involving family, criminal, and human rights law — ranging from child - welfare cases to sentencing principles that require courts to take into account the over-representation of aboriginals in the criminal justice system.

Lawyers specializing in both mining and aboriginal law expect a raft of new cases to test the limits of aboriginal title in the wake of the Supreme Court of Canada's June 26 Tsilhqot» in Nation v. British Columbia ruling — the Tahltan First Nations in northern British Columbia jumped right in with a title claim that it launched hours after Tsilhqot» in came in.

In the case of traditional Aboriginals, these right included rights to the peaceful enjoyment of their traditional lands and to navigate and to fish as their ancestors had done for aeons before British sovereignty and settlement.

2 RELEVANT HUMAN RIGHTS PRINCIPLES 2.1 Relevance of human rights to State government 2.2 Equality and non-discrimination 2.3 Development and self - determination 2.4 Maintenance of Indigenous culture 3 ROLE OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLE IN THE REVIEW 3.1 Scope for Committee's addressing Indigenous issues 3.2 Extent of Indigenous involvement 3.3 Use of case examples 3.4 Committee's disposition to Indigenous rights 4 ANALYSIS OF NATIVE TITLE SYSTEM and ABORIGINAL HERITAGE 4.1 Native Title Act and procedures 4.2 Croker Island case 4.3 Interaction between native title and other development approvals 4.4 Resourcing and negotiating outcomes 5 RECOMMENDATIONS 5.1 Report inaccuracies or misdescriptions 5.2 The way fRIGHTS PRINCIPLES 2.1 Relevance of human rights to State government 2.2 Equality and non-discrimination 2.3 Development and self - determination 2.4 Maintenance of Indigenous culture 3 ROLE OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLE IN THE REVIEW 3.1 Scope for Committee's addressing Indigenous issues 3.2 Extent of Indigenous involvement 3.3 Use of case examples 3.4 Committee's disposition to Indigenous rights 4 ANALYSIS OF NATIVE TITLE SYSTEM and ABORIGINAL HERITAGE 4.1 Native Title Act and procedures 4.2 Croker Island case 4.3 Interaction between native title and other development approvals 4.4 Resourcing and negotiating outcomes 5 RECOMMENDATIONS 5.1 Report inaccuracies or misdescriptions 5.2 The way frights to State government 2.2 Equality and non-discrimination 2.3 Development and self - determination 2.4 Maintenance of Indigenous culture 3 ROLE OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLE IN THE REVIEW 3.1 Scope for Committee's addressing Indigenous issues 3.2 Extent of Indigenous involvement 3.3 Use of case examples 3.4 Committee's disposition to Indigenous rights 4 ANALYSIS OF NATIVE TITLE SYSTEM and ABORIGINAL HERITAGE 4.1 Native Title Act and procedures 4.2 Croker Island case 4.3 Interaction between native title and other development approvals 4.4 Resourcing and negotiating outcomes 5 RECOMMENDATIONS 5.1 Report inaccuracies or misdescriptions 5.2 The way frights 4 ANALYSIS OF NATIVE TITLE SYSTEM and ABORIGINAL HERITAGE 4.1 Native Title Act and procedures 4.2 Croker Island case 4.3 Interaction between native title and other development approvals 4.4 Resourcing and negotiating outcomes 5 RECOMMENDATIONS 5.1 Report inaccuracies or misdescriptions 5.2 The way forward