Are the provisions requiring surrender of reserve land before it is alienation consistent with the character of the Indian interest?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from Canada (A.G.) v. Canadian Pacific Ltd., 2000 BCSC 933 (CanLII):

These provisions requiring surrender of reserve land before its alienation are consistent with the character of the Indian interest referred to in the reasons of Dickson J. in Guerin v. Canada, 1984 CanLII 25 (SCC), [1984] 2 S.C.R. 335.

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