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Some might say they can have it. Oh, and they want over half a trillion dollars as well.
First Nation's land claim seeks $550B, entire City of SudburyA First Nation is seeking $550 billion in financial compensation for the loss of land and profits from natural resources in a land claim that includes this Northern Ontario city.
The land involved in the claim by the Whitefish Lake First Nation encompasses more than 1,000 square kilometres, including a significant amount of Crown land and the entire City of Greater Sudbury and nearby municipalities such as Nairn Centre, as well as parts of Killarney and French River.
The news has prompted some pointed rejoinders at the Sudbury Star’s comments box.
h/t: Walter Olson at Overlawyered, whose item reads:
A new C$550 billion land claim launched by the Whitefish Lake tribe (or “First Nation”, to adopt progressive Canadian terminology) includes the entire city of Sudbury, Ontario.
“First Nation” may have been “progressive” at one time but, as with so much else in Canadian public life, what was once progressive is now de rigueur.
