Justice minister to ‘consider’ naming Aboriginal judges to claims tribunal
Justice Minister Rob Nicholson said he would “consider” appointing Aboriginal judges to a special tribunal created to decide on First Nations land and compensation claims.
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Appoint Aboriginal judges to tribunal: Atleo
The country’s most prominent First Nations leader is calling on the federal justice minister to appoint Aboriginal judges to a land claims tribunal.
Mail left unclaimed, phone ignored at tribunal Harper christened
First Nations chiefs say they are disappointed but not surprised a special land claims tribunal with Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s fingerprints remains stalled three years after it was unveiled amid much fanfare during a Parliament Hill press conference on a “historic day for Canada.”
Remove judge who jailed me: chief
A northern Ontario First Nations chief says the judge who sentenced him and five band councillors to jail time should be removed from a land claims tribunal unveiled in a “historic announcement” by Prime Minister Stephen Harper in 2007.
Private fund aims to backstop FNs land claims
A boutique Calgary law firm is quietly promoting a ground-breaking private investment fund to backstop cash-strapped First Nations sitting on lucrative land claims
Elite BC school faces ugly racism charge
An elite British Columbia private school is facing a human rights complaint from an Indian residential school survivor who alleges the institution did little after she faced a racist barrage from a manager who said “all Indians are dirty filthy pigs.”
Atleo presses case for new FN ministry
AFN national Chief Shawn A-in-chut Atleo is continuing to press for the creation of a new ministry to replace “cumbersome” Indian Affairs
Reason to fear CBSA ‘retaliation’: Chair
An Akwesasne woman had reason to fear “retaliation” from the Canada Border Services Agency in response to her human rights complaint alleging border agents targeted her because she is Mohawk, according the chair of the Human Rights Tribunal hearing the case.