Aboriginal Law Report March 22-28, 2021 – First Peoples Law

This week’s edition includes Treaty rights, Indigenous law, environmental racism, carbon tax, cannabis, COVID-19 and more.

Environmental racism and judicial diversity were hot topics across the country

When COVID-19 and environmental racism collide in Canada | The Narwhal
Canada votes to collect data to document ‘environmental racism’ | National Post
Nova Scotia government to spend $19 million to dredge lagoon near First Nation | Kamloops This Week
Language requirement at Supreme Court assimilative policy says LaForme | APTN News

Treaty rights remain front and centre in Mi’kma’ki

Legal expert says Canada likely has not met constitutional obligations to First Nations on fishery | The Chronicle Herald
Mi’kmaw fishermen to assert treaty right for lobster fishing in court case | CBC News