Land Code takes the place of parts of the Indian Act that relate to land management. Each First Nation can create its own Land Code based on its community’s needs, resources, goals, values, relationship to the land, beliefs and anything else that informs land use and land management. Our lawyers, John Gailus, Tim Watson and Christopher Devlin has experience drafting land code based on individual band’s needs. Visiting the community, listening to what the specific needs are, consultation, discussion and implementation are given the time and attention to detail that they need and warrant for each individual case. Our experience benefits clients and saves time and frustration from incomplete or inexperienced work.
Transitioning to British Columbia’s new Societies Act, SBC 2015
Transitioning to the new Societies Act, SBC 2015 The new Societies Act in British Columbia came into effect on November 28, 2016. Existing societies were given two years to transition to the new Act, which means that the deadline to transition is coming up this month....