Ermineskin Indian Band (2009)

The Crown has Neither the Power nor the Duty to Invest Indian Monies: The Use of Legislation to Limit the Duties of a Trustee

This article originally appeared on the University of Calgary Faculty of Law blog, and is reproduced here with permission. The “money management” part of the long-running case in Ermineskin Indian Band and Nation v Canada, 2009 SCC 9, has now come to a close. A unanimous seven person panel of the Supreme Court of Canada […]

Ermineskin Indian Band and Nation v Canada: No Trust in the Crown

The recent SCC decision in Ermineskin Indian Band and Nation v Canada, 2009 SCC 9, found that the Crown does not have an obligation to invest oil and gas royalties received on behalf of the Ermineskin Nation and the Samson Nation (the "Bands"). This case is significant because the Bands claimed deprivation of hundreds of […]