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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 — […]