Rob Shaw: Poilievre joins calls to overturn Cowichan decision on private property rights

Aboriginal rights now more constitutionally powerful than any Charter right

From the Fraser Institute By Bruce Pardy A judge of the British Columbia Supreme Court recently found that the Cowichan First Nation holds Aboriginal title over 800 acres of government land in Richmond, British Columbia. Wherever Aboriginal title is found to exist, said the court, it’s a “prior and senior right” to fee simple title, whether public or private. That means it trumps the property that Canadians hold in their houses, farms and factor…

Rob Shaw: Poilievre joins calls to overturn Cowichan decision on private property rights

Politicians clash over private property rights and Indigenous title in Richmond.