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Haldimand County Press Releases
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O.P.P. Press Releases
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Materials filed in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice
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July 24 - Transcript not yet available - Hearing before Marshall, J.
July 05 - Transcript not yet available - Hearing before Marshall, J. July 05 - Materials not yet available - Motion by Henco to set aside the orders of Mar 3 and 9
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Proceedings in the Court of Appeal for Ontario
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Class Action Documents
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Important Documents
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Ontario Government
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Contact your MPP - Name List Ontario Aboriginal Affairs - New Ontario 2005 Plan to solve Land Claims - "The McGuinty government is committed to creating a new and positive era in the province's relationship with Aboriginal peoples" Police Services Act (Ontario) - Rules and responsibilities for all Police Officers in Ontario. Government News Release: SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS MADE IN CALEDONIA DISPUTE- June 16, 2006 Ontario Government to Help Caledonia Residents - June 16, 2006 ONTARIO PROVIDES FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FOR CALEDONIA AREA BUSINESSES - June 16, 2006 JOINT STATEMENT BY MINISTER JIM PRENTICE AND MINISTER DAVID RAMSAY - June 11, 2006 |
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Federal Government
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Contact your MP - Name List, by Postal Code Federal Terrorism Act - Definition & Actions of a Terrorist Group Native Self Rule - The inherent right of self-government is an existing Aboriginal right under the Canadian Constitution List of Native Self Rule Agreements, Native Land Claim Maps, Canada 1870 Map Canadian Criminal Code - Department of Justice Website , Canadian Constitution,- Rights of the Aboriginal People of Canada. Indian Land Commission - 2004 report - Commission website. - Land Claim Procedures Government News Release: BARBARA MCDOUGALL APPOINTED AS FEDERAL REPRESENTATIVE IN CALEDONIA TALKS - May 3, 2006 EXPLORATION RESOLUTION PROGRESS JOINT STATEMENT OF CANADA, ONTARIO AND SIX NATIONS - Apr 5, 2006 THE CLAIMS OF THE SIX NATIONS OF THE GRAND RIVER BAND OF INDIANS - April 2006 MICHAEL COYLE APPOINTED TO UNDERTAKE A FACT-FINDING INITIATIVE IN RELATION TO THE SITUATION IN CALEDONIA - Mar 24 , 2006 |
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Important Supreme Court Rulings
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| 1995 - The Supreme Court hands down its decision in the Apsassin case. In its decision, the Court contemplates a number of scenarios when a pre-surrender fiduciary duty would come into effect: when a band’s understanding of the terms of surrender is inadequate; where the conduct of the Crown has tainted dealings in a manner that makes it unsafe to rely on the band’s understanding and intention; where the band has abnegated its decision-making authority in favour of the Crown in relation to the surrender; and where the surrender is so foolish or improvident as to be considered exploitive. |
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1997 - In the Delgamuukw case, the Supreme Court finds that to disallow First Nations’ oral history and tradition as evidence would put an impossible burden of proof on aboriginal peoples, since that is the way First Nations kept records. The Court also directly addresses the definition of aboriginal title; it finds that a First Nation has a right to claim “aboriginal title” to lands that it has used in order to maintain its traditional way of life. Aboriginal title comes from a nation’s use and occupancy of the land for generations; it is therefore a communal right that cannot be held by an individual. |