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Aug 6, 2024 | 
mondaq.com | Jessica Buhler |Rangi Jeerakathil |Meaghan Conroy |Josh Morrison
On July 26, 2024, the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) released its
decision in Ontario (Attorney General) v Restoule. The SCC unanimously held that Canada and Ontario had breached their
Treaty promises to the Anishinaabe of the upper Great Lakes by
failing to increase the annuity payments promised under the
Robinson Treaties (see MLT Aikins earlier blog for an overview of this case).
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Jul 31, 2024 | 
mondaq.com | Jessica Buhler |Rangi Jeerakathil |Meaghan Conroy |Josh Morrison
The Anishinaabe of the upper Great Lakes brought claims against
Canada and Ontario to address those governments' longstanding
failure to increase the annuities payments under the Robinson
Treaties.
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Apr 18, 2024 | 
mondaq.com | Jessica Buhler |Meaghan Conroy |Rangi Jeerakathil |Josh Morrison
The Blood Tribe has long maintained that it did not receive the
full area of reserve land that it was promised in Treaty No. 7 and
has been in dispute over its Treaty Land Entitlement
("TLE") with Canada since 1980.
In February 2022, the Federal Court of Appeal ("FCA")
in Canada v Jim Shot Both Sides (2022 FCA 20) held that
the Blood Tribe's claim was barred by limitations law.
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Apr 1, 2024 | 
azcentral.com | Josh Morrison
A '60 Minutes' report names Russian military intelligence Unit 29155 as likely behind the attacks, but US intelligence ruled out a foreign role. A former senior CIA officer who was forced to retire over a brain injury caused by a suspected “Havana Syndrome” attack has called for congressional hearings after a new report linked Russia to mysterious neurological symptoms that have plagued U.S. diplomats and spies for nearly a decade.
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Mar 25, 2024 | 
mondaq.com | Jessica Buhler |Erica klassen |Rangi Jeerakathil |Josh Morrison
Specific claims relate to past wrongs against First Nations,
including those relating to the Crown's failure to provide
reserve lands or other assets under Treaty, or mismanagement of
those lands or assets. A specific claim can only be filed by a
First Nation. A specific claim must relate to events that occurred
more than 15 years ago.
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Feb 20, 2024 | 
mondaq.com | Anna Beatch |Drew Lafond |Josh Morrison |Michael Clark
Canada's highest court has ruled that An Act respecting First Nations, Inuit and Métis children, youth and families, SC 2019, c 24 (the "Act") as a whole is constitutionally valid.1 As further set out in a previous blog post, the Act affirms that the inherent right of self-government recognized and affirmed by Section 35 of the Constitution Act, 1982 (the "Constitution") includes jurisdiction in relation to Indigenous child and family services ("CFS") and establishes a framework through which...
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Feb 19, 2024 | 
mondaq.com | Anna Beatch |Drew Lafond |Josh Morrison |Michael Clark
The Supreme Court of Canada has ruled that An Act
respecting First Nations, Inuit and Métis children, youth
and families, SC 2019, c 24 (the "Act") is
constitutionally valid.
The Province of Quebec had referred the following constitutional
question to the Quebec Court of Appeal:
[Translation] Is the Act respecting First Nations, Inuit and
Métis children, youth and families ultra vires the
jurisdiction of the Parliament of Canada under the Constitution of
Canada?
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Jan 12, 2024 | 
thehill.com | Robert Kadlec |Josh Morrison
This October, the World Health Organization recommended a new malaria vaccine, R21-Matrix-M, as safe and effective. This is the second malaria vaccine ever approved and the first that can be produced in large quantities. The vaccine, a collaboration between Oxford University, the Serum Institute of India, and the American biotech company Novavax, can save an enormous number of lives, but unfortunately plans to distribute it are confusing and have been criticized publicly as moving too slowly.
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Dec 30, 2023 | 
jme.bmj.com | Abie Rohrig |Josh Morrison |Gavriel Kleinwaks |Jonathan Pugh
The only available TB vaccine, Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG), was developed and licensed nearly 100 years ago.
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Nov 30, 2023 | 
usatoday.com | Josh Morrison
Even as Russian and Ukrainian troops remain locked in a grim, violent stalemate on the front lines, a vicious shadow war involving poison appears to be raging behind the scenes, 644 days into Moscow’s invasion. The latest victim: Marianna Budanova, the wife of Kyrylo Budanov, Ukraine’s deadly and provocative military intelligence chief. Budanova, who lives in her husband’s fortified headquarters, survived a bout of heavy metal poisoning this week, a Ukrainian intelligence spokesman told reporters.
