In Calder v. British Columbia (1973), for the first time in the Canadian legal system, the Supreme Court of Canada acknowledged the existence of aboriginal title. Although the Supreme Court Justices were split on whether or not aboriginal title had been extinguished, Calder paved the way for case law surrounding Aboriginal title, the federal comprehensive claims and specific claims policies to facilitate the negotiations of land claims. Calder also set the basis for the Nisga’a Treaty, the first modern treaty in BC, and first treaty in Canada that included self-government provisions.
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