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Victory in Grassy Narrows!
June 6, 2008 - 3:44am
Good background article on Grassy Narrows.
Logging permits can be issued on First Nations land: court - Thunder Bay - CBC News
The Ontario government has won an appeal of a landmark ruling involving First Nations treaty rights.
In a decision released Monday, the province's court of appeal said the Ontario government has the authority to issue logging permits on Grassy Narrows First Nation's traditional territory.
The government argued it had "exclusive proprietary jurisdiction over public lands and in forests in the province." The First Nation maintained a treaty with Canada protected its hunting and trapping rights.
This latest ruling overturns a 2011 Superior Court decision that sided with Grassy Narrows.
(there likely will be an appeal because this sets precedent which other provinces will be looking at)