[Newsbot]

Title: Aboriginals can sue over property rights: without establishing ownership
Category: Political
Posted By: FFed
Date: 2015-04-16 08:06:45
Canadian

[uwish]

this ruling won't last long...SCC will scratch that one..

[BartSimpson]

uwish uwish:

this ruling won't last long...SCC will scratch that one..

Hope so.

[herbie]

Well these guys kind of got screwed over 60 years back. Villages flooded, forced relocations, whole river diverted. Got to watch grandma's casket float away, etc.
Should've been addressed decades ago.
Shouldn't be surprised they're 100% opposed to the Northern Gateway along the same route...

[BeaverFever]

Aboriginals get the same rights as white people?? Outrageous!!

[andyt]

Well you don't have any property rights on crown land. The natives do, it seems. Since native bands have claimed more than 100% of BC landmass, and now they don't have to prove title, seems they can sue about anything, anywhere.

[BeaverFever]

Anyone can sue about anything anywhere. Including making a claim that a piece of land is in fact theirs and not the Crown's

[PublicAnimalNo9]

$1:

"I would put it on the level of the Haida decision and the Tsilhqot'in decision in terms of moving the law forward so that aboriginal rights are recognized like other Canadian legal rights."

Bullshit. Tell that to all the people in rural Ontario who saw their property values plummet and the health of their animals as well as their own health being negatively affected as a result of turbine placement. Tell them they have the same rights as Natives even though the Ontario govt gave them absolutely zero recourse to sue or prevent the installations near their properties. And those people CAN prove title to their land.

Once again, the courts have ruled that "special interest groups" have "special" rights.