Gitxaała Nation holds a press conference at the beginning of hearings for intervenor applicants in their legal challenge of the Mineral Tenure Act, on December 15, 2022. (Credit: West Coast Environmental Law)

Court approves environmental organizations’ application to intervene in Gitxaała Nation’s legal case

The B.C. Supreme Court has decided to allow all intervenor applicants to make arguments in the Gitxaała Nation’s legal case against the free-entry mineral claim staking process. This includes our coalition of environmental organizations, as well as other First Nations, Indigenous organizations, mining companies, and the B.C. Human Rights Commission.  “We’re glad to be able… Read more »

Photo of a Gitanyow Chief in regalia looking out over the territory

Government’s Declaration Act Action Plan includes modernizing the Mineral Tenure Act

The BC Mining Law Reform network welcomes the Declaration Act Action Plan, released by the B.C. government this week. Notably, the plan lays out numerous actions on the self-determination and rights of Indigenous Peoples … and the specific action to “modernize the Mineral Tenure Act in consultation and cooperation with First Nations and First Nations organizations.”

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Supreme Court of Canada Confirms End “New Prosperity” Mine Project

In a victory for the Tŝilhqot’in Nation, but also for the integrity of environmental assessment processes, the Supreme Court of Canada today dismissed Taseko Mines Ltd.’s application for leave to appeal last year’s Federal Court of Appeal (FCA) ruling about the federal assessment of Taseko’s proposed New Prosperity copper-gold mine in Tŝilhqot’in territory in central British Columbia.

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