Practice Area: First Nations Business & Economic Development

SCC will hear Takuhikan v Procureur général du Québec: Implications for Indigenous Policing Funding and Crown-First Nation Contracts

A summary of a Quebec Court of Appeal case that highlights significant developments impacting the funding of Indigenous policing services in Canada, and which may have broader implications for contracts between the Crown and First Nations.

Overview of legal matters to be considered in for-market development of First Nation reserve lands

Real Estate Development on First Nations Land

An overview of legal matters to be considered in connection with a for-market development of First Nation reserve lands. For-market development of reserve lands involves many complex legal matters, the number and complexity of which may vary significantly between developments, depending on a wide range of variables.

Structuring First Nations Economic Development

More and more Indigenous governments are investing, and are directly involved, in for profit business ventures. Brent Lehmann outlines considerations for First Nation governments for participating in mainstream economic development.

Development of Aboriginal lands: Successes, risks and environmental concerns respecting contaminated sites

An overview of the most common land management regimes that govern development and environmental management on Aboriginal lands in B.C.

The Squamish Nation assessment process: Getting to consent

Overview of Squamish Nation’s environmental assessment process, which was designed to parallel Crown environmental assessment processes and ensure project impacts on the Nation’s rights and title interests are understood and properly avoided or mitigated.