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Canada's First Nations launch constitutional challenge of legislation
A group of Canada's First Nations has launched a constitutional challenge to recently passed laws that would fast-track ...
Water First Launches New Internship in Collaboration with Seven First Nations Communities in Southern Ontario
The nonprofit’s latest 15-month program will see 10 Indigenous adults become certified water operatorsTORONTO, July 15, 2025 ...
Why First Nations are clashing with Ontario and Ottawa over bills aimed at speeding up megaprojects
Bill C-5 and Bill 5 aim to expedite project approvals, but First Nations leaders say they sidestep treaty rights and ...
9 Ontario First Nations ask for injunction against Bill 5, say law represents 'clear and present danger'
Nine First Nations in Ontario are asking a court for an injunction that would prevent the federal and provincial governments ...
Federal, provincial environmental bills have 'no respect' for Ontario First Nations, says chief
Nine Ontario First Nations asking for an injunction against a pair of federal and provincial bills meant to fast-track ...
Nine First Nations in Ontario launch constitutional challenge against Bill 5 and Bill C-5
Lawyers for the Indigenous groups say in a legal filing that the two laws ‘violate the constitutional obligation of the Crown ...
First Nations launch legal challenge against Ontario, federal bills 5 and C-5
Nine First Nations in Ontario are are seeking an injunction against a pair of federal and provincial laws meant to fast-track ...
9 First Nations ask court to strike down federal, Ontario bills allowing infrastructure fast-tracking
Nine First Nations in Ontario are asking for a court-ordered injunction that would prevent the federal and provincial ...
Ontario’s promise to consult First Nations ‘smoke and mirrors,’ Bill 5 lawsuit claims
The First Nation groups announced they are bringing urgent litigation to the Ontario Superior Court of Justice to try to kill Ontario's Bill 5 and Ottawa's Bill C-5.
First Nations to launch legal challenge against Ontario, federal bills 5 and C-5
The Indigenous communities say in the legal challenge filed in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice that the federal law ...