Running the blockade: evacuation orders challenged in northern First Nations

Liberals defend Indigenous title while battling Parliament Hill land claim

July 30, 2026

While Ottawa insists it respects Indigenous “rights and title” to ancestral lands, the federal government is still fighting an Algonquin First Nation’s $5 billion claim over Parliament Hill in court.An internal briefing note prepared for Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Rebecca Alty says Ottawa is committed to “respecting Aboriginal rights and title” while maintaining “legal clarity and stabili

Running the blockade: evacuation orders challenged in northern First Nations

Liberals defend Indigenous title while battling Parliament Hill land claim

Dene Nation and Alberta Treaty 8 First Nations unite to defend water rights