BONUS: Behn v. Moulton Contracting Ltd. #BCITCollab

Welcome back to the C O L L A B ZONE! 

Today we launch a new series of bonus episodes which we recorded with the help of students from the British Columbia Institute of Technology!

As part of our ongoing engagement with Call to Action #27 of the TRC, we compiled a series of summaries of key Aboriginal case law decisions so that legal students, practitioners, and the public can further engage and learn about how our Canadian legal system treats Indigenous peoples. Some of these decisions are already available in full in other episodes, others we are still working on releasing as full recordings. We worked on this project with students from the British Columbia Institute of Technology, who generously donated their time to record the summaries for us. We also want to thank the 1492 Windsor Law Coalition who provided the basis for some summaries. 

First up, we have Behn v Moulton Contracting, a 2013 SCC decision - where the BC government granted licenses to a logging company to deforest two areas of Fort Nelson First Nation. Members blocked access to the logging site and the logging company brought an action against the Aboriginal community. The decision discusses the Duty to Consult and the nature of collective rights and their enforcement. 

Link to the full decision: https://www.canlii.org/en/ca/scc/doc/2013/2013scc26/2013scc26.html?autocompleteStr=behn%20v%20moul&autocompletePos=1

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