But Palmater said the existing title claim, if successful, would have no impact on regular New Brunswickers, their families or properties.
At the heart of the title claim are Crown lands held by the province and decisions on how that land is used.
She said that could mean the Wolastoqey First Nations having a greater say in fees, licences and rights to development of Crown land.
Blaine Higgs is absolute scum. He’s a religious extremist and his only job experience is working his entire life at Irving Oil.
New Brunswickers are voting like Ontarians I see … just choosing the scummiest of the bunch and see what happens.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
A Mi’kmaw legal scholar says New Brunswick’s attempt to get a court to throw out sections of an Aboriginal title claim is just another example of Premier Blaine Higgs’s fearmongering and “deeply racist attitude towards First Nations.”
Six Wolastoqey First Nations have asserted Aboriginal title over about half of New Brunswick, and the government is asking the courts to strike out several sections of the claim.
But Higgs is misrepresenting the law concerning Aboriginal title, Pamela Palmater, a lawyer, professor and member of the Eel River Bar First Nation, said in an interview broadcast Tuesday on Information Morning.
“Today, across more than half of our province, hundreds of thousands of New Brunswickers are at risk of having their property impacted by this unprecedented claim in which they have been denied any standing or representation,” said Higgs.
Dunn’s statement said concern for property owners prompted the motion to change the title claim, which the government believes doesn’t match public comments made by Wolastoqey leaders.
“The Wolastoqey have made various statements publicly but the legal language of their Notice of Action is clear that the land of unnamed parties is included in the claim area.”
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