Many believe that the ratification of this ______________, China investors and state-owned enterprises will be granted protection and will thus greatly increase their investment in the development of the tarsands, expansion of pipelines, mining projects and possibly future offshore drilling projects.
The UBCIC, as a Non-Governmental Organization in Special Consultative Status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations, is working with other Indigenous and human rights ______________ to formally present to different United Nations bodies.
As Indigenous Peoples we have the sacred duty and inherent obligation to defend the health and well being of our communities as well as the environmental _______________ of our respective territories.
As billions flow into industry and government coffers, First Nations and local communities are left to deal with the long-term social, economic and environmental ____________________________.
The court heard the Tsilhqot'in people were "__________________________," with few permanent encampments, even though they saw the area as their own and protected it from outsiders.
In its decision, Canada's top court agreed that a semi-nomadic tribe can claim land title even if it uses it only some of the time, and set out a three-point test to determine land titles, considering:
Occupation,
____________________________ of habitation on the land, and
exclusivity in area.
A B.C. Court of Appeal ruling in 2012 gave the Tsilhqot'in sweeping rights to hunt, trap and trade in its ____________________________ territory.
Multi-national corporations and industry are desperately seeking _______________, unobstructed convenience of access and unfettered control of their government-granted tenures.
It is not a mutually beneficial working relationship when the Harper Government is selling the resources of our territories to the highest overseas bidder or slashing federal __________________________processes to bolster bigger projects in our territories.
The Tsilhqot'in decision, written by Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin, also has implications for future ____________________________ or resource development on First Nations lands.
The court also established what title means, including the right to the ____________________________ associated with the land and the right to use it, enjoy it and profit from it.
The Supreme court declared that title is not ____________________________, meaning economic development can still proceed on land where title is established as long as one of two conditions is met.
There have been a growing number of flashmobs, round dances, marches, rallies organized by grassroots under the ____________________________ No More banner.