Judge Signals Private Property Off The Table In Big Aboriginal Title Claim - Wood Business

Judge Signals Private Property Off The Table In Big Aboriginal Title Claim - Wood Business

One of the judges looking at the Wolastoqey Nation’s massive title claim in New Brunswick says little good would come out of private property owners losing possession of their land to Indigenous people. Justice Ernest Drapeau is one of three judges hearing an appeal launched by three timber firms that fear the Wolastoqey will get a toehold on their vast woodlands where they do business in western New Brunswick. The case before New Brunswick’s Co…

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Judge signals private property off the table in big Aboriginal title claim

One of the judges looking at the Wolastoqey Nation's massive title claim in New Brunswick says little good would come out of private property owners losing possession of their land to Indigenous people.

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Judge Signals Private Property Off The Table In Big Aboriginal Title Claim - Canadian Biomass Magazine

One of the judges looking at the Wolastoqey Nation’s massive title claim in New Brunswick says little good would come out of private property owners losing possession of their land to Indigenous people. Justice Ernest Drapeau is one of three judges hearing an appeal launched by three timber firms that fear the Wolastoqey will get a toehold on their vast woodlands where they do business in western New Brunswick. The case before New Brunswick’s Co…

Judge signals private property off the table in big Aboriginal title claim - The Turtle Island News

By John Chilibeck, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, The Daily Gleaner One of the judges looking at the Wolastoqey Nation’s massive title claim in New Brunswick says little good would come out of private property owners losing possession of their land to Indigenous people. Justice Ernest Drapeau is one of three judges hearing an appeal launched by three timber firms that fear the Wolastoqey will get a toehold on their vast woodlands where th…