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- JFK’s Karine Millaire for Radio-Canada: L’annulation des élections à Kanesatake rejetée par la Cour fédérale
La Cour fédérale a déclaré hier déraisonnable la décision d’annuler les élections de Kanesatake d’août 2025 et a ordonné que le Mohawks of Kanesatake Custom Electoral Code soit respecté. Le message est clair : “the role of the Chief Electoral Officer is to apply the law, not to make the law. If it w … Read more »
- The DULF Case: A Landmark Constitutional Challenge to Canada’s Drug Laws
The founders of the Drug User Liberation Front (DULF) have won a major constitutional challenge against the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act, which prohibited the implementation of their non-medicalized safer supply program in the context of the toxic drug crisis. DULF’s founders, Jeremy Kalicum … Read more »
- JFK’s Message for Orange Shirt Day
CONTENT WARNING: Residential School and Related Traumas On Wednesday, September 30, 2026, JFK Law will pause activity to observe Orange Shirt Day and the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. Our offices will be closed so that members of our team can take the day to honour residential school Su … Read more »
- JFK Law Recognized in the 2027 Chambers Canada Rankings
We are proud to announce that the firm and five of our lawyers have once again been recognized in the 2027 Chambers Canada rankings for Aboriginal Law. These rankings reflect Chambers’ independent research process, which evaluates legal excellence through feedback from clients, peers, and industry l … Read more »
- Looking Beyond Reserve Lands: What Opaskwayak Cree Nation v. Canada Means for First Nations
The Federal Court’s recent decision in Opaskwayak Cree Nation v Canada, 2026 FC 1110 provides important guidance on the scope of the Crown’s fiduciary duty when it expropriates reserve lands and how courts may approach compensation where those obligations are breached. The Federal Court found that C … Read more »