What is the hearing about?
We are heading into Phase 2 of our Treaty claim against Canada and Ontario. In Phase 1, we won: the Court found the Crown breached its honour by failing to diligently implement the promise made in Treaty 45 ½ to protect the Saugeen Peninsula from squatting and encroachment, and again when a Crown official told our ancestors that the government would not keep its Treaty promises and would take the Saugeen Peninsula from us even without our consent. Phase 2 will decide what remedies we should get. Saugeen and Nawash are seeking the return of lands on the Saugeen Peninsula owned by the Crown and compensation (money). Canada has brought a motion saying that land should not be available as a remedy. A motion is a court hearing before a trial. Canada is saying the Court should decide that land is not available as a remedy now, before we even get to a trial about remedies. After this hearing, the judge will decide whether land is “on the table” for the Phase 2 remedies trial, meaning whether we can continue to pursue land back in this Treaty case. It won’t decide what remedies Saugeen and Nawash will actually get at the end of the day.
Three ways to watch
- In person, email Justine.kaufman@saugeen.org to register and identify if you are a youth or an elder. Bus departs from the Governance Building at 5:30am.
- Watch the hearing virtually from the Saugeen Governance Building. Lunch will be provided
- From Home Register Here
What is the hearing about?
We are heading into Phase 2 of our Treaty claim against Canada and Ontario. In Phase 1, we won: the Court found the Crown breached its honour by failing to diligently implement the promise made in Treaty 45 ½ to protect the Saugeen Peninsula from squatting and encroachment, and again when a Crown official told our ancestors that the government would not keep its Treaty promises and would take the Saugeen Peninsula from us even without our consent. Phase 2 will decide what remedies we should get. Saugeen and Nawash are seeking the return of lands on the Saugeen Peninsula owned by the Crown and compensation (money). Canada has brought a motion saying that land should not be available as a remedy. A motion is a court hearing before a trial. Canada is saying the Court should decide that land is not available as a remedy now, before we even get to a trial about remedies. After this hearing, the judge will decide whether land is “on the table” for the Phase 2 remedies trial, meaning whether we can continue to pursue land back in this Treaty case. It won’t decide what remedies Saugeen and Nawash will actually get at the end of the day.
Three ways to watch
- In person, email Justine.kaufman@saugeen.org to register and identify if you are a youth or an elder. Bus departs from the Governance Building at 5:30am.
- Watch the hearing virtually from the Saugeen Governance Building. Lunch will be provided
- From Home Register Here
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