What are conveyancing lawyers for? You pay them to look into whether there are any legal issues to do with your purchase. They are the ones people should be getting annoyed with, not the media.
The media are supposed to report on any possible story that might become news in the next ten years? That would be a boring read if nothing else.
I wouldn’t be surprised if corruption becomes evident in how these laws became into existence. Regardless this is no pathway for aboriginal people to become independent but will always be living off the handouts of society. This has become a failed experiment.
The City of Toronto is one of my clients and one of their major processes is informing affected neighbours of any major renovations (additions, rebuilds, etc.) being done on homes in the area.
Every resident in the area gets a letter and map explaining what's going on mailed to them, and, I believe, a chance to discuss it with the City.
And yet something of this magnitude was never brought to the attention of the people whose lives it could quite possibly destroy....
"Best kept secret" ?? The court proceedings are in the public domain. "Best kept secret" ? Do your job buddy. You're a reporter, supposedly, you know how this works. Please try harder, you can do better.
You didn’t listen to this video. You are ignorant of what was said here and are showing it. Now perhaps you disagree with aspects or some of the information and have corrections to this narrative?
No I did listen to the video since everyone else here thinks in pictures not words, I thought I might at least try and see it from your perspective. Doesn't change the fact that "best kept secret" was an utterly asinine thing to say.
No you didn’t. It’s like a joke, some can hear the words but have the inability to understand, you are one of those people. I cannot fathom what deficiency influences your ability but yet one does exist.
So... you're reduced to personal insults now. Insults with no substantiation. You claim I am deficient and call me a liar. With zero evidence ? This wasn't a post to further the discussion, this was simply an unsubstantiated personal attack on me.
I can find 10 articles in the Globe and Mail in the last 3 months on the Case just by typing "Cowichan Tribe".
If you (or anyone else here) thinks media is silent on the issue, you simply have an unhealthy media consumption habit (or never bothered to actually look).
That is terrible. In the video that is posted is there anything false? I always want to hear both sides. Were the people affected by the ruling notified that this court case had been in progress for ten years? Or is it all BS? I am truly curious and not picking a fight. Thanks.
They were not notified. There were publicly reported decisions on the case, but who follows that? There was a specific decision of the court not to notify landowners, though anyone could have decided to mail them all letters telling them, the City, Province and Federal Government as well as two other bands.
Isn’t it ironic that many Canadians didn’t know that there were residential schools in the 1990s. It’s the government keeping quiet and than everyone across the board is blamed for their screwups and pay the price. I wish that they just would have laid criminal charges on the guilty party involved, specific leaders of the government and church.
The indigenous are smart, getting lawyers and quietly targeting an area. When they win then you see other groups of indigenous across Canada doing the same. This is strategically planned.
Much like the case that was just denied, that the indigenous wanted rights to airspace in northern BC. This got a no from the courts, but it didn’t, how many people knew about this case. If it was won it would have spread like wildfire across Canada.
As for no one reporting it, I think it’s the day and age we live in. Unless you are a content creator sleuth, no one looks into court cases.
I hope this case is overturned. And I hope it sets a precedent that Canadians need to do the same, get together, get a lawyer and not rely on the government. Canadians need to be educated on how to find out what is going on in their communities and that includes myself. I hate finding out issues that affect me after the fact, when you no longer have a voice to speak out.
The schools were not compulsory after the mid 1950s, the ones in the 1990s were run by the bands and if there was any abuse it had nothing to do with the crown or the church at that point.
It’s literally on the 2nd paragraph of Wikipedia that the last residential school closed in the 90s. You also failed to make any compelling point. The indigenous have been getting lawyers for ages now.
That’s completely inaccurate and wrong and it has been discussed many times in this subreddit.
Radical title is not a coequal to Aboriginal Title.
Also, what you’re citing is reconciliation industry nonsense. Their entire bread and butter of both firms is suing the Canadian people and extorting money. Obviously they’d say it’s a non issue.
Radical title is not a coequal to Aboriginal Title.
It is now. You are just arguing to maintain the legal fiction of colonial industry nonsense. You may succeed if the NDP loses the next election to whatever the conservatives become, and if that new govt disregards UNDRIP, and stacks the courts with new judges. You’ve a long fight ahead of you.
Again, you're peddling more Reconciliation Industry nonsense.
No court has said Aboriginal Title is a coequal to Radical Title. It is a burden on the Crown's Radical Title. The problem is that it has been entrenched by s. 35, which can be changed if via constitutional amendment if enough Canadians get fed up with this lunacy.
Canada exists, extremists like yourself have a hard time coming to terms with that.
This ruling does not declare that Canada no longer exists, and please don’t mischaracterize my beliefs. This ruling follows the idea that Canada, as a nation, coexists with First Nations, nation to nation.
Wow. If that is a silent media I'd hate to hear a loud one.
What are conveyancing lawyers for? You pay them to look into whether there are any legal issues to do with your purchase. They are the ones people should be getting annoyed with, not the media.
The media are supposed to report on any possible story that might become news in the next ten years? That would be a boring read if nothing else.
I wouldn’t be surprised if corruption becomes evident in how these laws became into existence. Regardless this is no pathway for aboriginal people to become independent but will always be living off the handouts of society. This has become a failed experiment.
The City of Toronto is one of my clients and one of their major processes is informing affected neighbours of any major renovations (additions, rebuilds, etc.) being done on homes in the area.
Every resident in the area gets a letter and map explaining what's going on mailed to them, and, I believe, a chance to discuss it with the City.
And yet something of this magnitude was never brought to the attention of the people whose lives it could quite possibly destroy....
"Best kept secret" ?? The court proceedings are in the public domain. "Best kept secret" ? Do your job buddy. You're a reporter, supposedly, you know how this works. Please try harder, you can do better.
You commented almost immediately after this was posted. There is no way you watched the 20 minute long video and listened to what is being said.
I read the subtitles and skipped ahead. I find it easier to think in words not pictures.
So when did you first read about this case and do you understand the economic fallout of this ruling?
And what bearing do those questions have on the original comment of "Best kept secret"? Let's stay focused.
it's a video
You didn’t listen to this video. You are ignorant of what was said here and are showing it. Now perhaps you disagree with aspects or some of the information and have corrections to this narrative?
No I did listen to the video since everyone else here thinks in pictures not words, I thought I might at least try and see it from your perspective. Doesn't change the fact that "best kept secret" was an utterly asinine thing to say.
No you didn’t. It’s like a joke, some can hear the words but have the inability to understand, you are one of those people. I cannot fathom what deficiency influences your ability but yet one does exist.
So... you're reduced to personal insults now. Insults with no substantiation. You claim I am deficient and call me a liar. With zero evidence ? This wasn't a post to further the discussion, this was simply an unsubstantiated personal attack on me.
What media silence?
I can find 10 articles in the Globe and Mail in the last 3 months on the Case just by typing "Cowichan Tribe".
If you (or anyone else here) thinks media is silent on the issue, you simply have an unhealthy media consumption habit (or never bothered to actually look).
So what about the other 9 years and 9 months? This has been before the courts for ten years. But then that would mean you’d have to look at pictures.
He’s not talking about the last 3 months.
4 minutes after this 20 minute long video was posted you began ranting about how he’s wrong.
You clearly didn’t watch the video.
I had to look up who David Brett was and why I should care or even listen to his opinion. This is what I found https://www.davidbrettnewwest.com/
That is terrible. In the video that is posted is there anything false? I always want to hear both sides. Were the people affected by the ruling notified that this court case had been in progress for ten years? Or is it all BS? I am truly curious and not picking a fight. Thanks.
They were not notified. There were publicly reported decisions on the case, but who follows that? There was a specific decision of the court not to notify landowners, though anyone could have decided to mail them all letters telling them, the City, Province and Federal Government as well as two other bands.
Isn’t it ironic that many Canadians didn’t know that there were residential schools in the 1990s. It’s the government keeping quiet and than everyone across the board is blamed for their screwups and pay the price. I wish that they just would have laid criminal charges on the guilty party involved, specific leaders of the government and church.
The indigenous are smart, getting lawyers and quietly targeting an area. When they win then you see other groups of indigenous across Canada doing the same. This is strategically planned.
Much like the case that was just denied, that the indigenous wanted rights to airspace in northern BC. This got a no from the courts, but it didn’t, how many people knew about this case. If it was won it would have spread like wildfire across Canada.
As for no one reporting it, I think it’s the day and age we live in. Unless you are a content creator sleuth, no one looks into court cases.
I hope this case is overturned. And I hope it sets a precedent that Canadians need to do the same, get together, get a lawyer and not rely on the government. Canadians need to be educated on how to find out what is going on in their communities and that includes myself. I hate finding out issues that affect me after the fact, when you no longer have a voice to speak out.
The schools were not compulsory after the mid 1950s, the ones in the 1990s were run by the bands and if there was any abuse it had nothing to do with the crown or the church at that point.
They were federally owned and operated and only some were band operated.
And? Were they not operated under the permission and supervision of the band?
No, not all of them. And….
Yes all of them. If the band didn't want them they were gone.
I can’t find this information anywhere. Where did you find it?
About to spill into the public more. If you haven't read David Frum's article in the Atlantic today, it's a must read. https://www.theatlantic.com/international/2025/12/canada-indigenous-land-court/685463/
It’s literally on the 2nd paragraph of Wikipedia that the last residential school closed in the 90s. You also failed to make any compelling point. The indigenous have been getting lawyers for ages now.
The guy is fear mongering and distracting from the truth of this case. Yeah, lets get to the truth, and read this:
https://www.firstpeopleslaw.com/public-education/blog/correcting-misconceptions-the-cowichan-tribes-decision
another:
https://jfklaw.ca/cowichan-tribes-and-private-property-separating-fact-from-fiction/
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That’s completely inaccurate and wrong and it has been discussed many times in this subreddit.
Radical title is not a coequal to Aboriginal Title.
Also, what you’re citing is reconciliation industry nonsense. Their entire bread and butter of both firms is suing the Canadian people and extorting money. Obviously they’d say it’s a non issue.
It is now. You are just arguing to maintain the legal fiction of colonial industry nonsense. You may succeed if the NDP loses the next election to whatever the conservatives become, and if that new govt disregards UNDRIP, and stacks the courts with new judges. You’ve a long fight ahead of you.
Again, you're peddling more Reconciliation Industry nonsense.
No court has said Aboriginal Title is a coequal to Radical Title. It is a burden on the Crown's Radical Title. The problem is that it has been entrenched by s. 35, which can be changed if via constitutional amendment if enough Canadians get fed up with this lunacy.
Canada exists, extremists like yourself have a hard time coming to terms with that.
This ruling does not declare that Canada no longer exists, and please don’t mischaracterize my beliefs. This ruling follows the idea that Canada, as a nation, coexists with First Nations, nation to nation.