Section 119 Agreements: Indigenous Nations Negotiate Exemptions from BC’s Cannabis Legislation By Tanner Doerges Many Indigenous nations across British Columbia are pursuing economic development through cannabis businesses both on- and off-reserve. Some nations have...
Effective October 1, 2020, private companies in BC are required to take reasonable steps to maintain a transparency register that contains certain details on all “significant individuals” in respect of the company. These new requirements are enacted as amendments to...
Case: Brief: SCC Dismisses Leave to Appeal: William v. British Columbia, 2019 BCCA 74 (SCC No. 38548); and Fort McKay Métis Community Association v. Alberta Energy Regulator, 2019 ABCA 15 (SCC No. 38549) On June 13, 2019, the Supreme Court of Canada (“SCC”) dismissed...
Corporate Structuring for Indigenous Businesses – How DGW Law Can Help DGW Law – Corporate Law Group One of our primary areas of expertise at DGW Law is creating, reviewing and maintaining business structures for First Nation, Métis and Inuit clients. In the...
The concept of Aboriginal title has been known to exist under Canadian law since 1973, yet it took over 40 years for the first declaration of Aboriginal title to be made by the Supreme Court of Canada in Tsilhqot’in Nation v British Columbia. This historic decision...
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