Legislative Summary (Parliamentary Information and Research Service) ; 40-3-C24-E
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
James Gauthier
Tonina Simeone
Description
Brief description of background and contents of the proposed Bill, which would amend the First Nations Commercial and Industrial Development Act to enable participating communities to request that the government make regulations involving establishment and operation of a system replicating the provincial land title or registry system.
Identical to Bill C-63 which died on the Order Paper when Parliament was prorogued.
Legislative Summary (Parliamentary Information and Research Service) ; 40-30S4-E
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Anna Gay
Marlisa Tiedemann
Description
Brief description of background and contents of Act, which involves division of property when a conjugal relationship breaks down. Provisional rules in the bill apply until a First Nation has enacted laws of its own.
Revised version. Originally published April 1, 2010.
Journal of Development Economics, vol. 116, September 2015, pp. 43-56
Description
Discusses impact of clarifying property rights on local economic conditions by using employment and income data found in census data micro-data on reservations.
Indigenous Law Journal, vol. 9, no. 1, 2010, pp. 47-75
Description
Discusses the relationship between Indigenous art and the Copyright Act, the problematic double standards in the act, and the affects of changes from primitive to fine art status.
Issues Paper (Center for the Study of the Public Domain)
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Jane Anderson
Description
Introductory discussion of the issue, politics and definitional problems, and who is involved, followed by examples of use and misuse of knowledge and cultural expressions, the potential problems and benefits of current proposals, and future directions.
Webinar looks at family law in Ontario and changes that allow for more safety for women and children and access to the family home when the relationship ends.
Duration: 1:14:15.
Discusses: typical mechanisms, community-based justice models, and processes derived from Indigenous legal traditions; governance, community and participant considerations for discussion; and guiding questions and building blocks. Includes examples of existing models and how they function.
Argues for using seven variables to measure success: self-government and land management agreements, certificates of possession, property tax, external financial management, payment of councillors, and own-source revenue.
Identifies land area in 64 countries where national-level binding documents and regulations exist concerning land ownership or designation and looks at opportunities for reform.