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Bill Five: Risky Business in Ontario
Thursday, May 8, 2025 | Part 1
On April 17, 2025, the Government of Ontario introduced Bill 5, the Protect Ontario by Unleashing our Economy Act, 20251,…
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Monuments are one thing, Stare Decisis and Racist Colonial Law is Another
John A. Macdonald was a man of his times. I gather that is the underlying social acceptance that Canada’s early days were days in which racism against Indigenous peoples fuelled…
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OKT’s named partners voted as "Best Lawyers" in Aboriginal Law
On behalf of OKT, I would like to congratulate our founding partners, John Olthuis, Nancy Kleer and Roger Townshend, on being included in the magazine Best Lawyers for their…
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Mattagami First Nation seeks justice for oil spills in territory
Mattagami First Nation has launched a lawsuit against CN Railway for damages caused by two separate train derailments near Gogoma, Ontario. The derailments, which occurred in February and March 2015,…
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Recent Supreme Court decisions fail to embrace promise of UNDRIP and renewed nation to nation relationship
OKT lawyers Krista Nerland, Matt McPherson and Lorraine Land have produced this long-form guide to the Court’s new decisions on the duty to consult…
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OKT’s Summer 2018 Student Recruitment
We are pleased to let law students know that we are recruiting 2L students for Summer 2018 positions in our Toronto office. We may also consider applicants who are interested…
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SCC clarifies role of National Energy Board in consultation process
Read More...“No one benefits – not project proponents, not Indigenous Peoples,
and not non-Indigenous members of affected communities –
when projects are prematurely approved only to be subjected…