Tag: Dwight Newman

The government has subtly reworded text on seeking free, prior and informed consent for development on Indigenous territories, writes Dwight Newman. ...

A pair of recently-released Supreme Court decisions have confirmed the place for the National Energy Board – a highly skilled, ...

First Nations opposition to Ottawa's tanker ban on the Pacific coast is helping to reverse historical patterns in federal government-Indigenous ...

Dwight Newman The Royal Society of Canada has appointed Macdonald-Laurier Institute Senior Fellow Dwight Newman to a prestigious club featuring some ...

Ottawa will need to modify its recently-adopted natural resource transparency legislation (the Extractive Sector Transparency Measures Act, or ESTMA) so ...

Time is running short for adapting to new natural resource transparency laws before payments to Aboriginal governments are subject to ...

The case law is clear, says Dwight Newman in the Saint John Telegraph-Herald: The final decision on the controversial Energy ...

Dwight Newman What do Aboriginal peoples’ legal claims to disputed territory mean for natural resource development? Macdonald-Laurier Institute Senior Fellow ...

Dwight Newman The constitutional “duty to consult” with Aboriginal groups has muddied the rules for resource development companies. Now is ...

Dwight Newman For many years, activist judges have dominated Canada’s court system, happily enacting their policy preferences through judicial fiat. ...

Dwight Newman Macdonald-Laurier Institute Senior Fellow Dwight Newman offered some insight for the National Post on the impact of the ...

Dwight Newman The Macdonald-Laurier Institute is highlighting its authors’ work on some of the major public policy issues going into ...