The case is a head-on challenge to the Crown governments' purported unilateral jurisdiction and decision-making control throughout Treaty 9 Territory. What was agreed to was co-jurisdiction, or parallel consent; both First Nations and the Crown have to consent to developments and activities on the Treaty 9 lands. After they got us to sign, the Crown held out the written text - which we never agreed to - as the treaty. It never was the actual Treaty and is not now," says Attawapiskat First Nation Chief Sylvia Koostachin Metatawabin. We are now ready to make this challenge against unilateral Crown control," says Solomon Atlookan, Chief of Eabametoong First Nation.

Source: Daily Nation April 25, 2023 20:04 UTC