Case Brief: Lac La Ronge Indian Band v. Canada, 2015 FCA 154 – First Peoples Law

We’ve decided to start a series of short case briefs providing notice and short summaries of new Aboriginal law decisions that are noteworthy but may not deserve a full case comment. Here’s the first one.

Lac La Ronge Indian Band v. Canada, 2015 FCA 154

Judicial review of Specific Claims Tribunal decision regarding unlicensed timber harvesting on reserve lands between 1904 and 1910.

The Tribunal found Canada liable for having failed to properly manage timber on the reserve. Nonetheless, the Lac La Ronge Indian Band and Montreal Lake Cree Nation sought judicial review of the Tribunal’s decision on the basis that:

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