Ottawa’s Land Claims Program Is Spiralling Out Of Control

Ottawa’s Land Claims Program Is Spiralling Out Of Control

From the Frontier Centre for Public Policy By Rodney Clifton Ottawa paid $7.1B for land claims in 2024-25 alone, raising concern that soaring costs and weak accountability are shortchanging taxpayers Ottawa is quietly handing out billions in Indigenous land claims, and the costs are soaring far beyond what most Canadians realize. A new report from Tom Flanagan, professor emeritus at the University of Calgary and senior fellow at the Fraser Insti…

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Rodney A. Clifton spotlights Tom Flanagan’s new report showing Indigenous treaty disputes have ballooned to billions. He warns that taxpayers face unsustainable costs unless Ottawa restores legal rigour, enforces transparency and caps new claims