BC’s Civil Litigation Directives: Defences, Double Standards, and Displacement By Kajia Eidse-Rempel Overview On April 21, 2022, British Columbia’s Attorney General released the Province’s ‘Directives on Civil Litigation involving Indigenous Peoples.’ The directives...
Case Brief: Canada (Attorney General) v. First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada, 2021 FC 969 By Courtney Jacklin and Kajia Eidse-Rempel What this case is about This case is about the compensation owed to Indigenous children as a result of system...
UNDRIP is Law, the Time for Meaningful Action is Now by Kajia Eidse-Rempel On June 16, 2021, the Senate passed legislation that commits Canada to taking “all measures necessary” to align Canadian laws with the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous...
Discrimination Against Indigenous Children May Cost Canada $15 Billion by Kajia Eidse-Rempel Background: Jordan’s Principle Jordan River Anderson was a boy from Norway House Cree Nation in Manitoba born in the hospital with complex medical needs. Because the federal...
National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls releases final report Darian Baskatawant The National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls has released its final report, titled “Reclaiming Power and Place”, on June 3, 2019...
Former Attorney General of Canada Leaves Legacy of a New Approach to Dispute Resolution with Indigenous Peoples Christopher Devlin and Caitlin Stockwell, Articled Student January 18, 2019 On January 11, 2019, the former Attorney...
DGW Law’s Christopher Devlin discusses the issues with an outdated Indian Act. The Act was created with a mindset that no longer applies and is no longer valid. Christopher was interviewed and is quoted in an article published online in the National.