This presentation explores how land use and development can impact constitutionally protected Aboriginal and Treaty rights. It also discusses how the duty on the Crown to consult with Indigenous peoples and reconciliation intersect with the municipal planning and development process.

The topics include:

• Planning – development permits, appeals
• Encumbrances on title
• Expropriation
• Indigenous land and municipal issues
• Taxes
• Land related claims
• Intergovernmental relationships

When can new evidence be permitted beyond what is in the certified record of proceedings or the appeal record? This paper deals with that question and reviews relevant rules and legal principles, along with some of the leading cases. This paper was presented at LESA’s Practice Foundations: Judicial Reviews webinar on February 28, 2024.

This paper explores how land use and development can impact constitutionally protected Aboriginal and Treaty rights of Indigenous peoples. It also discusses how the duty on the Crown to consult with Indigenous peoples and reconciliation intersect with the municipal planning and development process. This paper was presented at the Municipal Law program on March 16, 2023.