OP-ED: B.C.'s latest Indigenous outrage threatens freedom of contract

Peter Best writes, "A B.C. lawsuit by Metlakatla First Nation could upend the sanctity of private contracts in Canada."

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By: Peter Best

Peter Best, a retired lawyer, lives in Sudbury, Ontario. The original, longer version of this story first appeared in C2CJournal.ca.

Last year, in Cowichan Tribes v. Canada, a B.C. court pulled the rug out from under property rights across Canada by declaring aboriginal title to be a “senior and prior interest” when compare…