Overview
- Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg filed in Quebec Superior Court seeking $5 billion and recognition of Aboriginal title over eight areas, including Ottawa River islands, Gatineau Park, Papineau‑Labelle and the Baskatong Reservoir.
- The lawsuit names the federal and Quebec governments, Hydro‑Québec and the National Capital Commission, and cites the 1760 Treaty of Swegatchy and the Royal Proclamation of 1763.
- Chief Jean‑Guy Whiteduck says the community seeks a greater role in managing water, wildlife and forestry and states the claim targets lands owned or managed by governments, not private homeowners.
- In B.C., a letter using North Vancouver’s logo that warned homeowners about land title risk was declared fake by the city and the Tsleil‑Waututh Nation.
- Economic ripples persist in Richmond: a councillor reports a bank refused financing for a $100 million project; the province has appealed and is seeking a stay, and new polling shows 61% support the appeal and 60% see the ruling as harmful to reconciliation.