Saskatchewan First Nations challenging provincial control of natural resources

Chief Bobby Cameron of the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations says the treaties First Nations signed with the Crown in the 1870s are pieces of international law that supersede later federal and provincial legislation.

Justice Minister Arif Virani, seen here on July 26, and his cabinet colleagues will have to alienate either the Prairie premiers or Indigenous leaders in their response to a looming court battle over natural resources.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY KEVIN PHILIPUPILLAI

September 11, 2023

The regional organization representing Saskatchewan First Nations is days away from launching a legal challenge against provincial control over natural resources in what one expert says could be “one of the most important courtroom battles in Canadian history.”

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