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Wally Braul

Wally Braul

Senior Counsel (Indigenous & Environmental Law) at DLA Piper Canada, specializing in Aboriginal law, energy, and environmental matters.

Jun 11, 2026

10:02
When it comes to owning
10:03
property.
10:03
So that is, so now we have the courts, and Josh mentioned the Royal Proclamation, King George, because of some battle there, we were having so with neighbors to the south, and an accommodation that was reached in 1763 with First Nations, then called Indians.
10:19
So no one anticipated that there was a need in 1763, for example, to resolve this 2026 clash of titles.
10:33
So that is now writ large as a result of the Cowichan decision.
10:40
We can maybe make a very brief comment As everyone knows, their treaties were made as well, going back 100 to 200 years ago.
10:51
An important feature of those treaties, which are now constitutionally entrenched, is that the crown can take up, quote unquote, using that phrase, lands that First Nations outside of reserves can use for trapping, hunting, fishing, and gathering.

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21:08
Maybe longer, but

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