Posts from December 2014.
Posted in Constitutional Law, Consultation, Indigenous Law, Mining, Oil & Gas Law, Project Development, Project Permitting, Regulatory
On December 2, 2014, the Yukon Supreme Court struck down the Yukon government’s Peel watershed regional land use plan because of the government’s failure to follow the process for developing that plan under final agreements (modern treaties) with the Na-Cho Nyak Dun, Tr’ondek Hwech’in and Vuntut Gwichin First Nations. The case marks the first time that a court has ...
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