By Am Johal
VANCOUVER, Nov 29 (IPS) – In a case that took a decade to complete and cost close to 30 million dollars, a British Columbia Supreme Court judge last week gave a boost to Native Canadian bands seeking aboriginal land title, but also sent the various parties back to the table to negotiate a treaty.
Justice David Vickers issued a massive 458-page ruling, prompting some provincial politicians to quip that it was “just short of ‘War and Peace’”.
British Columbia, Canada’s western-most province, is still largely unceded territory and subject to First Nations land claims. While some bands have formally joined the government-sanctioned BC Treaty process with mixed results, other bands have stayed out of the process and have proceeded to direct litigation to pursue their claims.
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