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From: kidl	6/26/2014 10:20:15 AM
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Supreme Court expands land title rights in unanimous ruling Sean Fine - JUSTICE WRITER The Globe and Mail Published Thursday, Jun. 26 2014, 9:57 AM EDT The Supreme Court of Canada has given aboriginal groups a major victory, expanding their rights to claim possession of ancestral lands and control those lands permanently. “The right to control the land conferred by Aboriginal title means that governments and others seeking to use the land must obtain the consent of the Aboriginal title holders,” the court said in an 8-0 ruling written by Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin. “If the Aboriginal group does not consent to the use, the government’s only recourse is to establish that the proposed incursion on the land is justified” under the Constitution. More: theglobeandmail.com

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