Aboriginal Canadians Can Cut Timber

Tribunal justices have agreed that tribal Indians own the logging rights on Crown property subject to treaty. The ruling was upheld after New Brunswick Mi'kmaq logger Joshua Bernard charged that treaty rights give him harvesting rights on Crown land.
This decision has vexed forest industry and the provincial government and is perceived as a threat to Crown natural resource rights.
New Brunswick Forest Products Association president Yvon Poitras was quoted as saying "Anytime you change the game in the forestry industry in the province it's dangerous, you could create problems. We'll just have to wait and see what happens now."
It is expected that the Court of Appeals will agree to allow tribal members "equitable access to identified resources for purposes of earning a moderate living."
The First Perspective-Aboriginal, First Nations and Native News in Canada