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Aboriginal Law
Aboriginal Law

Our Aboriginal law team assists public and private sector clients in navigating through a range of Aboriginal law issues.

 

We have acted as counsel in the following projects:

  • Proponents in the negotiations and drafting of rights and benefits agreements (including impact and benefit agreements (IBAs)) with First Nations throughout Atlantic Canada
  • Provided advice on the establishment of partnerships between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal entities
  • Provided general advice in relation to Aboriginal interests and rights.

 

Our goal is to provide our clients with the necessary knowledge and guidance regarding Aboriginal rights and local dynamics in order to identify the material issues as quickly as possible.

Aboriginal Law

<ul> <li>Advised and represented a project proponent in a major Crown land lease in New Brunswick with respect to engaging First Nations and satisfying delegated consultation requirements.</li> <li>Provided Aboriginal law due diligence work related to energy developments and linear transportation facilities in New Brunswick.</li> <li>Acted for a shale gas company with regards to exploration and

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Legal Update: The Duty to Consult: Important Lessons from Canada’s Mining Sector
March 15, 2013

<p align="left">Recent developments in Ontario and Yukon are an important reminder of the practical implications of the Crown’s legal Duty to Consult with First Nations on exploration rights granted to the mining industry under provincial laws. Resource and energy sector companies operating in Canada should learn a lesson from the Ontario and Yukon experience:  blind reliance

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Legal Update: N.B.’s Oil & Gas Industry Subject to New “Rules”
March  7, 2013

<p>On February 15, 2013 the N.B. Government released “Responsible Environmental Management of Oil and Natural Gas Activities in New Brunswick – Rules for Industry,” governing the activities and facilities of oil and gas companies on both privately and publicly owned lands in N.B.  Purporting to be a “one stop shopping” framework for oil and gas activities

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Legal Alert: N.B. Issues New “Rules” for Oil and Natural Gas Industry
February 15, 2013

<p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Today, the N.B. Government released “Responsible Environmental Management of Oil and Natural Gas Activities in New Brunswick – Rules for Industry.” These Rules are not in the form of legislation or a regulation; the N.B. government says it will implement them “for the most part” as conditions to approvals and certificates issued under through existing

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