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    R v Van der Peet, [1996] 2 S.C.R. 507 is a leading case on Aboriginal rights under section 35 of the Constitution Act, 1982. The Supreme Court held that...
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  • The Van der Peet test or the Integral to a Distinctive Culture Test is a legal test used in Canada to determine whether an activity is considered an "Aboriginal...
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  • Indigenous rights in the Canadian court, such as R v. Sparrow, R. v. Van der Peet, and R. v. Powley. R v Sparrow (1990) set out criteria ("the Sparrow test")...
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  • from the previous Indian Aboriginal rights decisions in R. v. Sparrow and R. v. Van der Peet. Métis people seeking to exercise Aboriginal rights of hunting...
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  • Musqueam had an Aboriginal right to fish for food. This was developed in R. v. Van der Peet where Chief Justice Lamer's majority decided that to be considered...
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    Chief Justice McEachern did not have the benefit of the reasons from R v Van der Peet, which says "courts must not undervalue the evidence presented by aboriginal...
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    ISSN 0008-3003. "R. v. Van der Peet, [1996] 2 SCR 507". Supreme Court of Canada. "Newfoundland and Labrador (Attorney General) v. Uashaunnuat (Innu...
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    under the Van der Peet test. In analyzing the rights infringement, he rejected prioritizing limited natural resources as described in R v Sparrow. Instead...
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    compulsory enfranchisement of men or bands. 1970: Amended after R. v. Drybones, [1970] S.C.R. 282, due to sections 94(b) and 96 of the Indian Act violating...
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    existence of a right to gambling must be analysed using the test from R v Van der Peet. Lamer decided against characterizing the right as the right to "manage...
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    guarantee was later confirmed by the Court of Appeal of New Brunswick in R v Paul, 1980. According to Patterson, the "vast majority of Mi’kmaq did not...
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    ISBN 978-0-8020-9741-5. Calloway (2007), p. 93. Borrows (1997), p. 155. Francis, Douglas R.; Jones, Richard; Smith, Donald B. (2009). Origins: Canadian History to Confederation...
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  • 1 SCR 1075; Delgamuukw v British Columbia, [1997] 3 SCR 1010; R. v Van der Peet, [1996] 2 SCR 507; West Moberly First Nations v British Columbia (Chief...
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    R v Sparrow, [1990] 1 S.C.R. 1075 was an important decision of the Supreme Court of Canada concerning the application of Aboriginal rights under section...
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  • ISSN 0008-3003. "R. v. Van der Peet, [1996] 2 SCR 507". Supreme Court of Canada. "Newfoundland and Labrador (Attorney General) v. Uashaunnuat (Innu...
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  • left at three separate locations. In Relocation to the High Arctic, Alan R. Marcus proposes that the relocation of the Inuit not only served as an experiment...
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  • Gladstone R v Gladue Gladue report R v Gonzales R v Guerin R v Jim R v Pamajewon R v Sparrow Re Eskimos St Catharines Milling and Lumber Co v R R v Van der Peet...
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    R v Marshall; R v Bernard 2005 SCC 43 is a leading Aboriginal rights decision of the Supreme Court of Canada where the Court narrowed the test from R...
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  • SCR 311 R v Bartle, [1994] 3 SCR 173 R v Prosper, [1994] 3 SCR 236 Dagenais v Canadian Broadcasting Corp, [1994] 3 SCR 835 R v Van der Peet, [1996] 2...
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  • Gladstone R v Gladue Gladue report R v Gonzales R v Guerin R v Jim R v Pamajewon R v Sparrow Re Eskimos St Catharines Milling and Lumber Co v R R v Van der Peet...
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    Gladstone R v Gladue Gladue report R v Gonzales R v Guerin R v Jim R v Pamajewon R v Sparrow Re Eskimos St Catharines Milling and Lumber Co v R R v Van der Peet...
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  • Section 718.2(e) of the Criminal Code. The process derives its name from R. v. Gladue, a 1999 Supreme Court of Canada decision that was the first to challenge...
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  • March 2020. "First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada et al. v. Attorney General of Canada (for the Minister of Indian and Northern Affairs...
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    Gladstone R v Gladue Gladue report R v Gonzales R v Guerin R v Jim R v Pamajewon R v Sparrow Re Eskimos St Catharines Milling and Lumber Co v R R v Van der Peet...
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  • Gladstone R v Gladue Gladue report R v Gonzales R v Guerin R v Jim R v Pamajewon R v Sparrow Re Eskimos St Catharines Milling and Lumber Co v R R v Van der Peet...
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    R v Kapp, 2008 SCC 41 is a Supreme Court of Canada decision that held that a communal fishing license granted exclusively to Aboriginals did not violate...
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    a result, First Nations must attest their rights in court as the case in R v Sparrow. The relationship between The Canadian Crown and Indigenous peoples...
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    County Court). R. v. Simon [1985] 2 S.C.R. 387. R. v. Sparrow [1990] 1 S.C.R. 1075. R. v. Adams (1996) 138 DLR (4th) 657. R. v. Van der Peet (1996) 137 DLR...
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  • R v Marshall (No 1) [1999] 3 S.C.R. 456 and R v Marshall (No 2) [1999] 3 S.C.R. 533 are two decisions given by the Supreme Court of Canada on a single...
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  • Queen in Right of Canada v. Sparrow, 1 S.C.R. 1075 (Supreme Court of Canada 31 May 1990). "Manitoba Metis Federation Inc. v. Canada (Attorney General)"...
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