On 9 July 2024, British Columbia announced that new regulations under the Environmental Assessment Act (EAA or Act) came into force to support the dispute resolution process available to Indigenous nations or the chief...more
On March 28, 2024, British Columbia and the Council of the Haida Nation released the draft Gaayhllxid • Gíihlagalgang “Rising Tide” Haida Title Lands Agreement (“Draft Agreement”) which would recognize Haida Nation’s...more
On 4 October 2022, the Government of British Columbia released its policy guidance entitled Interim Approach to Implement the Requirements of Section 3 of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (Interim...more
On April 23, 2021, the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) released its decision in R. v. Desautel, 2021 SCC 17, which upheld the lower court decisions to acquit Richard Desautel of charges under the Wildlife Act. The SCC confirmed...more
On October 24, 2019, the British Columbia (B.C.) government introduced Bill 41 – 2019, Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act, fulfilling its February 2019 announcement that it would table legislation...more
This article supplements our multi-part series on changes to Canada’s regulatory regime governing project development and operation in Canada.
This post summarizes the proposal to establish the Canadian Energy Regulator...more
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On November 2, 2017, the Supreme Court of Canada released its decision in Ktunaxa Nation v. British Columbia (Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations), 2017 SCC 54. This case dealt with a novel argument related to the...more
The next step in the Tsilhqot’in Nation’s journey to self-government was taken on February 11, 2016, when the Tsilhqot’in Nation and the Province of British Columbia signed the Nenqay Deni Accord: The People’s Accord. The...more