Tsilhqot’in Nation v. British Columbia (2014 Supreme Court decision)

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gptkbp:instanceOf Supreme Court of Canada decision
gptkbp:citation gptkb:2014_SCC_44
gptkbp:country gptkb:Canada
gptkbp:date 2014-06-26
gptkbp:decision Recognized Aboriginal title to Tsilhqot’in Nation over 1,750 square kilometres of land
gptkbp:defendant gptkb:Attorney_General_of_Canada
gptkb:Province_of_British_Columbia
gptkbp:docketNumber 34986
gptkbp:fullName Tsilhqot’in Nation v. British Columbia
gptkbp:hasKeyword gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_Canada
gptkb:Tsilhqot’in_Nation
Indigenous people
land claims
Aboriginal title
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Tsilhqot’in Nation v. British Columbia (2014 Supreme Court decision)
gptkbp:impact Strengthened Indigenous land rights in Canada
Set precedent for consultation and consent with Indigenous peoples
gptkbp:judge gptkb:Richard_Wagner
gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_Canada
gptkb:Thomas_Cromwell
gptkb:Beverley_McLachlin
gptkb:Louis_LeBel
gptkb:Rosalie_Abella
gptkb:Marshall_Rothstein
gptkb:Michael_Moldaver
Andromache Karakatsanis
Clément Gascon
gptkbp:plaintiff gptkb:Tsilhqot’in_Nation
gptkbp:predecessor Aboriginal title in Canada
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Delgamuukw_v._British_Columbia
R v. Sparrow
gptkbp:significance First time Canadian courts recognized Aboriginal title to a specific tract of land
gptkbp:subject gptkb:Indigenous_law
land rights
Aboriginal title
gptkbp:unanimousDecision gptkb:Beverley_McLachlin
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Tsilhqot’in
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6