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