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Contracts and Reconciliatory Justice: Quebec v Pekuakamiulnuatsh Takuhikan

Posted on 4 March 2025

In Quebec (Attorney General) v Pekuakamiulnuatsh Takuhikan, 2024 SCC 39 [PT], the Supreme Court of Canada (“SCC” or the “Court”) developed a test to determine when contracts between the state and Indigenous entities engage the honour of the Crown. Applying this test to tripartite agreements between Canada, Quebec, and the Pekuakamiulnuatsh First Nation, the Court found Quebec liable […]

APPEAL WATCH: SCC to Rule on Fair Funding of Indigenous Police Services

Posted on 4 December 2023

In Takuhikan c Procureur général du Québec, 2022 QCCA 1699, [Takuhikan], the Court of Appeal of Québec (“QCCA”) held that the governments of Canada and Québec breached their honour of the Crown obligations to a First Nation by knowingly underfunding the latter’s Indigenous police service and refusing to fund it to the same level as […]