Legal Update

The Abbott Case was heard in Ottawa at the Federal Court level. Any decision rendered in the Abbott Case is binding on the government/FNI and it will affect all applicants under the points system. There were no surprises presented by the FNI/DOJ in their submissions. The main arguments centered on procedural fairness and was the Appeal Master’s decision reasonable. About 10,300 Founding Members were re-evaluated under the Supplemental Agreement(SA). Over 18,000 were denied membership in the Qalipu because of group ...

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Abbott Case & Special Meeting

The Abbott Case will be heard in Ottawa on Tuesday, 26 February 2019. The case will centre on the points system and those that lost their status. We are confident the case will go our way but there are no guarantees.

NOTE CHANGE: The Abbott Case will be heard now in the Supreme Court Building, East Courtroom, 301 Wellington Street, Ottawa.

MFNAN held a Special General Meeting in Corner Brook on Saturday, 23 February 2019. The meeting was about whether or not ...

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INAC Update on Wells Decision

By now, many are aware that the MFNAN were successful in moving forward with its legal challenge concerning self-identification.  The decision, more commonly known as the Wells Decision has resulted in movement from the federal government.

As a result, the following has been posted on the INAC website.  You can view the full details here.

If you were denied founding membership in the Qalipu Mi’kmaq First Nation in 2017 on the basis of the self-identification criterion and your address has recently ...

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Legal Update from Gowlings

The following is a legal update from Gowlings with respect to the Wells Decision.

Implementation of Wells

There is no official news on this front.

As you know, the Crown did not appeal the decision in Wells, and is therefore bound to implement Justice Zinn’s findings. The government process will likely look very similar to the that which was used following the supplemental agreement. Namely, that all those applicants who are affected by the Wells’ decisions will receive a notice advising them that ...

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