Lorne Gunter: Charter protections put in danger by court decision, federal agreement – Edmonton Journal
Mar 11, 2026
Property rights are at the centre of individual freedom. If governments have limited ability to tell you what you may do on or to your property (including your body), then you will enjoy a high degree of individual human rights.
That’s what makes the recent court decision granting “Aboriginal title” to land under dozens of homes in the Vancouver suburb of Richmond so dangerous. And it’s what makes the even more recent agreement between the federal government and the Musqueam band to grant the Musqueam undefined title over much of Greater Vancouver equally threatening.
