Ontario says ‘colonization’ costs mean it does not owe First Nations billions

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Canadian province argues in court it is not responsible for compensating Indigenous people over broken treaty obligations

While the Crown has made payments since 1850 under the Robinson Treaties, it stopped increasing the amount in 1874, leaving the figure at C$4 per person per year.

The province has argued that it is the federal government, not Ontario, that owes any compensation money. Despite the immense revenues generated by industry, remote First Nations communities live in abysmal conditions, sometimesThe First Nations appearing in court have rejected the government lawyers’ arguments, suggesting that roads and railways were part of a broader nation-building effort and shouldn’t count against revenues owed to them.

Source: Law Daily Report (lawdailyreport.net)

 

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