Crown made a 'mockery' of 2 treaties with First Nations for 150 years, Supreme Court rules

For the past 150 years, the governments of Ontario and Canada have made a “mockery” of their treaty obligations to the Anishinaabe of the upper Great Lakes, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled Friday.

Crown made a 'mockery' of 2 treaties with First Nations for 150 years, Supreme Court rules
A First Nation chief with long grey hair tied back in a braid shakes hands with a man with short grey hair wearing a blue suit inside the foyer of the Supreme Court of Canada.

For the past 150 years, the governments of Ontario and Canada have made a “mockery” of their treaty obligations to the Anishinaabe of the upper Great Lakes, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled Friday.