TagAboriginal Law

Jordan’s Principle: Canada and its False Promises

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Osgoode Health Law Association: Perspectives in Health       With tragic cases such as those of Tina Fontaine and Colten Boushie recently coming to a close, Canadians are becoming aware of the effects that governments and their institutions have on Indigenous people, and in these cases specifically, Indigenous youth. These two cases illustrate the failure of government, its...

A Turning Point in the Legal System’s Relationship with Aboriginal Canadians

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We’ve reached an awkward moment in relations between the legal system and First Nations people in Canada. In recent weeks, two criminal trials relating to crimes against young Aboriginal Canadians did not end in a guilty verdict, and unsurprisingly, there was more than a little backlash. Two young First Nations persons (one a child, one barely more than a child) died awful deaths, and both of...

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