tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400574.post8081394281679456984..comments2024-03-28T04:04:03.006-07:00Comments on Paying attention: Courts give another boot toward treatiesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400574.post-3771574440761680842007-11-27T13:44:00.000-08:002007-11-27T13:44:00.000-08:00The "technical hitches" you refer to includes the ...The "technical hitches" you refer to includes the fact that the award is non-binding. That's a Pyrrhic victory - years of legal battles and years to go, and the most favorable judgement to date doesn't have much legal effect. The judge's recommendation for negotiation goes towards both sides: aboriginal bands must decide what they're really trying to accomplish with their land claims. There's no way that they will ever achieve full political and economic control over the areas they claim - that possibility ended with the European settlement of the continent over a hundred years ago.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400574.post-608910679107259932007-11-26T21:13:00.000-08:002007-11-26T21:13:00.000-08:00Judge Vickers is saying the same thing the Supreme...Judge Vickers is saying the same thing the Supreme Court of Canada has said so many times. For title, yopu have to prove it's yours or you have to negotiate the bundle of rights. and as the courts and Judge Vickers has said, you can lose big by going the court route. It seems the assorted lawyers prefer the court route, even is the band is less likely to win that big, as the courts decisions can be on very specific points.. But as long as the governments end up paying all the costs it would appear the lawyers will get paid and the bands can spend years anticpating big wins.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com