Angry Mortgage Guy Podcast | Host Ron Butler with guest, law professor Bruce Pardy. This episode explores the ongoing legal claims regarding Aboriginal title in Canada, particularly in British Columbia and New Brunswick. In the case of the latter, a claim for the western half of the province has yet to be fully adjudicated, with […]
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Leaders on the Frontier : Aboriginal title is a prior and senior right to fee simple title interest in Canada. That’s the takeaway. The Cowichan decision has exposed a constitutional crisis where Indigenous title claims, legal precedents, and policies like DRIPA destabilize property norms. Section 35 of the Constitution Act, 1982, enshrines Indigenous rights but excludes […]
By Bruce Pardy | Published by The Epoch Times In November 2024, a court released seven companies from an aboriginal land claim in New Brunswick. Wolastoqey Nation had filed a legal action seeking a declaration of aboriginal title over more than half the province. The seven companies, named as defendants, own most of the land […]