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Canada's Comprehensive Claims Policy is out of date and ignores the last 15 years of the law's evolution, so say members of the Indigenous Bar Association (IBA), who stated it as a fact in a public forum on Oct. 19 during the IBA's annual meeting.
Dave Nahwegahbow, succeeded this year as IBA president by Metis lawyer Mark Stevenson, then went further and said he believes…
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The Indigenous Bar Association's 13th annual conference, hosted at downtown Vancouver's scenic waterfront district on Oct. 19 and 20, gave the country's leading Aboriginal practitioners of the art of treaty making a chance to update Aboriginal lawyers on the latest news and trends in their field.
The conference theme-Building Treaties and Restoring Relationships-along…
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The Indigenous Bar Association's 13th annual conference, hosted at downtown Vancouver's scenic waterfront district on Oct. 19 and 20, gave the country's leading Aboriginal practitioners of the art of treaty making a chance to update Aboriginal lawyers on the latest news and trends in their field.
The conference theme-Building Treaties and Restoring Relationships-along…
Page 12
The Indigenous Bar Association's 13th annual conference, hosted at downtown Vancouver's scenic waterfront district on Oct. 19 and 20, gave the country's leading Aboriginal practitioners of the art of treaty making a chance to update Aboriginal lawyers on the latest news and trends in their field.
The conference theme-Building Treaties and Restoring Relationships-along…
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The Indigenous Bar Association's 13th annual conference, hosted at downtown Vancouver's scenic waterfront district on Oct. 19 and 20, gave the country's leading Aboriginal practitioners of the art of treaty making a chance to update Aboriginal lawyers on the latest news and trends in their field.
The conference theme-Building Treaties and Restoring Relationships-along…
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Two-time U.S. vice-presidential candidate Winona LaDuke says trying to get governments and corporations to act responsibly is in many ways like raising children.
"If I tell my kids not to steal, I must tell the government not to steal," she told hundreds of enthusiastic supporters during a recent presentation in Montana.
LaDuke, a resident of Minnesota's White…
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Two-time U.S. vice-presidential candidate Winona LaDuke says trying to get governments and corporations to act responsibly is in many ways like raising children.
"If I tell my kids not to steal, I must tell the government not to steal," she told hundreds of enthusiastic supporters during a recent presentation in Montana.
LaDuke, a resident of Minnesota's White…
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Two-time U.S. vice-presidential candidate Winona LaDuke says trying to get governments and corporations to act responsibly is in many ways like raising children.
"If I tell my kids not to steal, I must tell the government not to steal," she told hundreds of enthusiastic supporters during a recent presentation in Montana.
LaDuke, a resident of Minnesota's White…
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Two-time U.S. vice-presidential candidate Winona LaDuke says trying to get governments and corporations to act responsibly is in many ways like raising children.
"If I tell my kids not to steal, I must tell the government not to steal," she told hundreds of enthusiastic supporters during a recent presentation in Montana.
LaDuke, a resident of Minnesota's White…
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A legal action that has been called the most important Native rights lawsuit in Canada will soon move into its second phase now that basic information has been put into the court record.
Close to 100 days of trial hearings and more than 400 days of examinations of witnesses have been conducted so far in the case of Victor Buffalo v. the Queen. The trial, begun May 1, 2000…
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A legal action that has been called the most important Native rights lawsuit in Canada will soon move into its second phase now that basic information has been put into the court record.
Close to 100 days of trial hearings and more than 400 days of examinations of witnesses have been conducted so far in the case of Victor Buffalo v. the Queen. The trial, begun May 1, 2000…
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A legal action that has been called the most important Native rights lawsuit in Canada will soon move into its second phase now that basic information has been put into the court record.
Close to 100 days of trial hearings and more than 400 days of examinations of witnesses have been conducted so far in the case of Victor Buffalo v. the Queen. The trial, begun May 1, 2000…
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A legal action that has been called the most important Native rights lawsuit in Canada will soon move into its second phase now that basic information has been put into the court record.
Close to 100 days of trial hearings and more than 400 days of examinations of witnesses have been conducted so far in the case of Victor Buffalo v. the Queen. The trial, begun May 1, 2000…
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There are far too many who believe that First Nations people don't have the ability to reach their goal of self-government, said former national chief Phil Fontaine to the Assiniboine Community College in Brandon, Man. on Sept. 21. His audience was primarily the Aboriginal student body and some of the media department students.
"Today, 90 per cent of the regional budget…
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There are far too many who believe that First Nations people don't have the ability to reach their goal of self-government, said former national chief Phil Fontaine to the Assiniboine Community College in Brandon, Man. on Sept. 21. His audience was primarily the Aboriginal student body and some of the media department students.
"Today, 90 per cent of the regional budget…