BC’s First “Consent-Based” Agreement under DRIPA By Kajia Eidse-Rempel Overview On June 6, 2022, Tahltan Nation became the first Indigenous nation to sign a consent-based agreement with BC under section 7 of BC’s Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act...
Signing Ceremony Cementing Partnership Between Tsawout First Nation and Cascadia Seaweed By John Gailus, Kajia Eidse-Rempel and Erica Fritch On Friday, February 25, 2022, members of DGW Law joined Tsawout First Nation Chief and Council, Elders and members,...
Case Brief: Canada (Attorney General) v. First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada, 2021 FC 969 By Courtney Jacklin and Kajia Eidse-Rempel What this case is about This case is about the compensation owed to Indigenous children as a result of system...
Case Brief: Southwind v. Canada, 2021 SCC 28 By Christopher Devlin and Kajia Eidse-Rempel What this case is about In 1929 Canada authorized the flooding of the Lac Seul First Nation (“Lac Seul”) reserve in northern Ontario for the purpose of a hydroelectric dam,...
Case Brief: Yahey v. British Columbia, 2021 BCSC 1287 By Christopher Devlin and Kajia Eidse-Rempel What this case is about Blueberry River First Nations (“Blueberry”) brought a claim against the Province of British Columbia (“Province”) alleging the cumulative effects...
