Shocking New Brunswick Court Decision Pushes Back on Land Claims? Bruce Pardy, Rights Probe, Law Professor

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Ontario Daniel Foch with Bruce Pardy on Youtube - with Commentary

 

@robwhitehead9602

4 days ago

In 1999 my wife and I bought a piece of property in ontario (65 acres with three road frontages so our children could build homes) which we planned to start farming. Our children were young at that time. Once we paid off some debt , applied for a farming designation for our property in 2005 at our municipal office at that time our agicultural zoning had been changed to Environmentally Protected, WITHOUT our knowledge. After repeated meetings with our municipal counselors, addressing at townhall meetings, letters to every level of government, we were either gaslighted, or out and out lied to. Once this is done, it is done. This was changed as we found out because canada signed to the Kyoto Agreement in 1999 which has devalued our property, although we pay more in taxes alone today than when we had a mortgage and our property taxes conbined. In canada you have NO property rights. We are at the mercy of what ever public politician who runs for office on a platform then changes their mind and then gets to act out WHATEVER kind of ideology that comes into their mind, - like giving away the land you are paying for to make themselves feel better about the world. Our children will never live on this land eventhough they all rent elsewhere because they can't afford to buy for themselves. I wish someone had let me know about this 40 years ago when I was a tradesman and could have left this country and worked where ever I wanted around the world. This is the advice I give to ANYONE who is starting out, get out while you are able. Hopefully the indians can claim the parliament buildings right out from underneath these idiots cause they deserve it.

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The real story behind Land Claims in Canada - YouTube

Of note: I was at an event on campus at Mount Allison University in 2015 before the Federal election Trudeau won.. this riding is Dominic Leblanc's stronghold for decades "Beausejour" and on the campus event - the first PRIDE event - a speaker called Rev. John Perkin on campus chaplain made a point of saying in his speech that "we are all global citizens on unceded territrory".. I just went ... whoa!!!! Not long after they banned me from campus for a year... I had been giving the Conservative candidate a tour on campus that day.. imagine that?

Unceded Lands - MTI - Land Claims in New Brunswick

 

More here with Moncton-based reporter Shane Magee of CBC reporting in 2024:  8 Mi'kmaw communities take N.B. to court over title claim | CBC News

"Eight Mi'kmaw communities in New Brunswick are going to court seeking a declaration of Aboriginal title over more than half of the province.

Mi'gmawe'l Tplu'taqnn Inc., which represents the communities, announced it filed a title claim Thursday in Miramichi court against the federal and provincial governments, as well as N.B. Power.

The filing by the group known as MTI seeks various declarations, the transfer of leases on Crown land to Mi'kmaw communities, and compensation. But the chiefs say they are not seeking to take title to private property.

They would continue to own their property, it's the Crown that we're going after," Terry Richardson, chief of Pabineau First Nation, said in an interview. 

"We're saying they have a responsibility, legal responsibility, for what they've done."

A news release says the communities want the the province to recognize they never gave up title to the lands under the Peace and Friendship Treaties.

"Unlike later treaties signed in other parts of Canada, the Peace and Friendship Treaties did not involve First Nations surrendering rights to the lands and resources they had traditionally used and occupied," says a Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada website about the treaties.

The court filing says the eight chiefs have filed the claim on behalf of their communities.

The communities are Amlamgog First Nation (Fort Folly), Natoaganeg First Nation (Eel Ground), Oinpegitjoig First Nation (Pabineau), Esgenoôpetitj First Nation (Burnt Church), Tjipõgtõtjg First Nation (Buctouche), L'nui Menikuk First Nation (Indian Island), Ugpi'ganjigFirst Nation (Eel River Bar) and Metepenagiag Mi'kmaq Nation.

Elsipotgog First Nation is not part of the case. It filed a title claim for about one-third of the province in 2016. 

An MTI document with frequently asked questions says it recognizes other communities have filed title claims and these are not seen as competing claims. The document says discussions with Elsipotgog are continuing about harmonization of the claims.

Six Wolastoqey communities in 2021 filed a title claim for the St. John River watershed and the surrounding area. That case is still going on.

MTI says it recognizes there is overlap between the title areas, and discussions about how to deal with that overlap will continue. 

MTI says that in 2023, the eight communities formally notified the province they were asserting title to lands in New Brunswick.

Richardson said the province has not engaged in negotiations. 

"We've reached a point where we've attempted to negotiate with this province and they refused to negotiate," he said. "So we filed our title claim."

The communities are seeking compensation over the use and development of lands in their territory without their knowledge or consent. The case calls for compensation for the value of resources, such as minerals and timber, harvested from the land. 

The total compensation sought is not specified in the filing. 

The case also seeks input on decisions about future development.

"We want to have a say in that for our next future seven generations, and that's important. And that's for the benefit of all, for all New Brunswickers, not just First Nations."

Bruce Macfarlane, a spokesperson for the New Brunswick government, said Thursday it "has just received notice of this serious legal action. We will review it and respond in due course."

Spokespeople for the federal government and N.B. Power acknowledged requests for comment Thursday but have yet to provide comment.

Unlike the Wolastoqey title claim case, the MTI case does include industry and forestry companies as defendants. 

Richardson said he hopes that instead of a long, costly court battle, the province will negotiate with the communities.

"If it gets drawn out, this could be at the detriment of the Province of New Brunswick financially," Richardson said.

"If there's a compensation package that has to be paid to First Nations, how much is that going to be?"

Land Claims in New Brunswick by Indigenous Group "MTI"

 Shared on Twitter by David Gordon Koch, CHMA Mount Allison University reporter...

rtb on Twitter: "The eight Mi’gmaq communities represented by MTI announced today they are formally asserted title over their territory. https://t.co/F47yHP4yKc" / Twitter

Note that "fatbertt" is a Mount Allison University alumni

sports a "Prince of Wales fabric handkerchief" in his jacket pocket... hmmm?

The Land Claims Payout Game Will Go On and On and On and On...

Tobique's big pay out ..

New Brunswick Canada...

Just how many of these deals are being negotiated at this point in time is anyone's guess...

Lawyers are getting rich though...