Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Daniels v Canada (Indian Affairs and Northern Development), 2016 SCC 12 is a case of the Supreme Court of Canada, which ruled that Métis and non-status Indians are "Indians" for the purpose of s 91(24) of the Constitution Act, 1867. [2]
Reference Re Eskimos, 1939 CanLII 22, [1939] SCR 104 is a decision by the Supreme Court of Canada regarding the constitutional status of Canada's Inuit, then called "Eskimos." The case concerned section 91(24) of the Constitution Act, 1867 , then the British North America Act, 1867 , which assigns jurisdiction over "Indians, and Lands reserved ...
Daniels v Canada (Indian Affairs and Northern Development) 2016 SCC 12 : Métis and non-status Indians under s. 91(24) of the Constitution Act, 1867 – Unanimous: R v DLW 2016 SCC 22 : Offence of bestiality – – R v Saeed 2016 SCC 24 : Unreasonable search and seizure under s. 8 of the Charter – – Wilson v Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd ...
The Royal Proclamation of 1763 is the foundation document creating special land rights for Indigenous peoples within Canada (which was called "Quebec" in 1763). Section 91(24) of the Constitution Act, 1867 gives the federal parliament exclusive power to legislate in matters related to "Indians, and Lands reserved for the Indians". [8]
The Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples (RCAP) was a Canadian royal commission established in 1991 with the aim of investigating the relationship between Indigenous peoples in Canada, the Government of Canada, and Canadian society as a whole.
Corbiere v Canada (Minister of Indian and Northern Affairs) [1999] 2 S.C.R. 203, is a leading case from the Supreme Court of Canada where the Court expanded the scope of applicable grounds upon which a section 15(1) Charter claim can be based. This was also the first case to use the framework proposed by Law v. Canada.
In 1956, the Government of Canada purchased 6 km 2 (1,500 acres) of the land previously owned by the Sulpicians for the Mohawks to live on, but did not grant this land reserve status. [ 12 ] In 1975, the Mohawk Council submitted a comprehensive land claims asserting Aboriginal title to lands along the St. Lawrence River , the Ottawa River and ...
Main page; Contents; Current events; Random article; About Wikipedia; Contact us; Pages for logged out editors learn more