compensation

Southwind v Canada: Assessing Equitable Compensation for Taken Indigenous Land

In 1929, the creation of electrical power for Winnipeg, Manitoba resulted in the destruction of land, livelihood and community for a nearby Indigenous group. Nearly a century later, this government decision was the subject of a Supreme Court of Canada ruling. In Southwind v Canada, 2021 SCC 28 [Southwind], the question of equitable compensation — […]

And This Little Piggy Went to the Market: Court Rules that Quebec’s Farm Income Stabilization Program is not an Insurance Contract

Lafortune v Financière agricole du Québec, 2016 SCC 35, is a recent decision by the Supreme Court of Canada directly impacting Québec’s farming industry.  The decision affirms La Financière Agricole du Québec’s (“La Financière”) administration of a farm income program known as the Programme d’assurance stabilisation des revenus agricoles (“ASRA Program”), concluding that such program […]