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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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Court to Crown: Please stop making excuses for not fulfilling your treaty obligations
The Quebec Court of Appeal recently released a new decision called Makivik c Quebec (Procureure générale) on the duty of the Crown to comply with treaty obligations. …
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Ontario Court of Appeal Takes a Few Digs at the Doctrine of Discovery and the Indian Act (while clarifying On-Reserve Debt Enforcement)
**UPDATE – On February 26, 2015, the Supreme Court of Canada denied leave to appeal this decision. This means that the Ontario Court of Appeal’s judgment stands and remains the…
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Rae Listed in Top 25 Most Influential Lawyers List
OKT congratulates our colleague Bob Rae, who is included in Canadian Lawyer’s list of “The Top 25 Most Influential 2014”. Canadian Lawyer annually compiles a list of…
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Supreme Court releases decision in Keewatin
The Supreme Court of Canada released its decision today in Grassy Narrows First Nation v. Ontario (Natural Resources), 2014 SCC 48 [referred to as Keewatin, in the courts below]. In…
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Divided We Fall: Tsilhqot’in and the Historic Treaties
What is at stake is nothing less than justice for the Aboriginal group and its descendants, and the reconciliation between the group and broader society. - Tsilhqot’in decision of the…
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Aboriginal rights, conservation and Canada's future - the far reaching implications of the Tsilhqot’in case
The unanimous Supreme Court of Canada’s Tsilhqot’in decision in late June represents an important watershed in Canada’s long and often terrible relationship with the indigenous peoples who were here long…
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