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Opinion: B.C.’s latest Indigenous lawsuit threatens freedom of contract

A lawsuit involving propane exports from Prince Report seeks to reverse an existing legal agreement. Doing so won't help future investment

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Last year, in Cowichan Tribes v. Canada, a B.C. court pulled the rug out from under property rights across Canada by declaring Aboriginal title to be a “senior and prior interest” when compared to the fee simple status that forms the bedrock of Canadian property ownership. Now Metlakatla First Nation v. Prince Rupert Port Authority (PRPA) threatens the same sort of damage to contract law.

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