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Horizon Issues: Energy -- First Nation Rights in Canada Energy Projects


by Richard J. King View Biography
Ogilvy Renault LLP View Firm Credentials
Toronto Office

May 2, 2008

Previously published by LexisNexis® Martindale-Hubbell® Counsel to Counsel Magazine on May 2008

Energy infrastructure projects in Canada must accommodate new requirements for dealing with First Nation aboriginal bands (tribes). The Supreme Court of Canada's 2004 Haida Nation and Taku River Tlingit decisions affirmed a federal and provincial government fiduciary duty toward First Nation people and bands.


 

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