Articles 2020

David Hunter, Nalin Sahni, and George McKibbon explore the provisions of the following statutes in creating Ontario’s “new Aboriginal consultation regime”: the new Canadian Environmental Assessment Act, 2012; amendments / enactments under Ontario’s mining legislation; and the Far North Act, 2010.

This article reviews the injunction and leave to appeal decisions in the Wahgoshig First Nation v. Solid Gold Resources Corp. litigation.

Peter Landmann stipulates that although Crown delegation of the procedural aspects of consultation is both necessary and permissible, the courts should provide more guidance delineating the roles of Aboriginal communities, proponents and the Crown within the consultation process.

This article examines the successful judicial review of the decision of the Minister of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada in appointing a third-party manager over Attawapiskat First Nation’s financial affairs following publicity over Attawapiskat’s housing crisis.

Professor Stuesser, the Founding Dean of the Faculty of Law at Lakehead University, provides an assessment of the distinctiveness of Ontario’s newest law school in relation to the Aboriginal community and Aboriginal law.

This edition begins with an article by Lee Stuesser, the founding dean of the new Lakehead University Faculty of Law. Professor Stuesser addresses a variety of concerns that the opening of Ontario’s future (sole) Northern law school has raised.

On Thursday, June 5, 2014, the Ontario Bar Association’s Aboriginal Law and Real Property Law Sections co-hosted a program entitled “Aboriginal Property Issues for Real Estate Lawyers.” The program was well attended with over five dozen attendees, both in person and by webcast.