CAJ: RCMP ignores legal precedent, Charter rights, in continued campaign to persecute Canadian journalist
Press Release TORONTO, ONT., Oct 16, 2023 – The Canadian Association of Journalists (CAJ) is appalled by the preposterous statements made by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) in a…
Siksika Nation filed the TOPGAS and OMAC Specific Claim
Press Release On April 19, 2021, Siksika Nation (“Siksika”) filed the TOPGAS and OMAC Specific Claim (the “Claim”). The Claim relates to Canada’s collection of royalties for gas produced on…
Statement by Ministers Guilbeault and Virani on the Supreme Court of Canada’s opinion on the constitutionality of the Impact Assessment Act
Press Release From: Impact Assessment Agency of Canada October 13, 2023 – Ottawa Four years ago, the Impact Assessment Act came into force to address the concerns the Government of…
Environment and community groups applaud BC Supreme Court ruling to reform province’s mineral staking regime
Press Release September 28, 2023 [Smithers, Osoyoos, Kimberley] – The BC Supreme Court released its decision Tuesday holding that the Province needs to change its free entry mineral claim system…
BCCLA Reacts: Supreme Court of Canada considers mandatory minimum sentences
Press Release January 30, 2023 Ottawa, ON (unceded Algonquin Anishnaabeg Territory): The BC Civil Liberties Association (BCCLA) is encouraged, in part, by the Supreme Court of Canada’s approach to mandatory…
Court approves environmental organizations’ application to intervene in Gitxaała Nation’s legal case
Press Release January 16, 2023 The B.C. Supreme Court has decided to allow all intervenor applicants to make arguments in the Gitxaała Nation’s legal case against the free-entry mineral claim…
KMK: Fisheries Act Case Discontinued
Press Release December 19, 2022 After careful thought and deliberation, Potlotek First Nation and the Assembly of Nova Scotia Mi’kmaw Chiefs have decided to discontinue the ongoing civil case filed…
Environmental organizations apply to intervene in Gitxaała Nation’s legal case against unwanted mining
Press Release December 15, 2022 The BC Mining Law Reform network and several of our member organizations have applied for intervenor status in the Gitxaała Nation’s groundbreaking legal case against…
Kahnawake challenging Ontario on iGaming
Press Release (Kahnawake – 28, Kentenhkó:wa/November 2022) The Mohawk Council of Kahnawà:ke (MCK) has mandated Olthuis Kleer Townshend LLP to file a Notice of Application with the Ontario Superior Court…
Teal-Jones Group: Supreme Court decision a win for workers and fact-based debate
Press Release Today, the Supreme Court of Canada declined to hear an appeal of the BC Appeal Court injunction in Tree Farm License 46 on Southern Vancouver Island. Radical protest…
