Geoffrey S. Moyse, KC, is a retired senior lawyer who served as legal counsel on Indigenous law to the Province of BC, advising six successive governments on Aboriginal law over more than 30 years.
Canadian constitutional law provides a solid legal basis for Crown/Indigenous reconciliation relevant to the context of the Canadian state. Canadian Aboriginal title (Indigenous land ownership) does not blanket entire claimed territories as Article 26 of UNDRIP insists it does. Canadian consultation law does not allow Indigenous groups to have veto authority over government decision-making as Article 32(2) says they do.
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