{"id":206622,"date":"2019-03-21T03:09:35","date_gmt":"2019-03-21T07:09:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=206622"},"modified":"2019-03-21T03:09:35","modified_gmt":"2019-03-21T07:09:35","slug":"saskatchewan-judge-dismisses-land-use-charges-against-protest-group-founder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/03\/21\/saskatchewan-judge-dismisses-land-use-charges-against-protest-group-founder\/","title":{"rendered":"Saskatchewan judge dismisses land use charges against protest group founder"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Sylvia McAdam and her brother Kurtis were to stand trial for failing to comply with a provincial government order to vacate land in the Zig Zag Bay area near the community of Big River. (Shutterstock photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

PRINCE ALBERT, Sask. — A judge has dismissed charges against one of the founders of the Indigenous Idle No More protest movement who was accused of living illegally on Saskatchewan park land.<\/p>\n

Sylvia McAdam and her brother Kurtis were to stand trial for failing to comply with a provincial government order to vacate land in the Zig Zag Bay area near the community of Big River.<\/p>\n

The Crown has 30 days to appeal the decision.<\/p>\n

Court heard that Sylvia McAdam was living on the land for two years before she was ordered to leave early in 2017.<\/p>\n

She argued her family had been at Zig Zag Bay for generations and she had a Treaty right to live on the land.<\/p>\n

McAdam says the court ruling is a relief.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy family has always lived there,\u201d McAdam said outside court in Prince Albert Wednesday. \u201cFor the province to come and create a park there without our consent, in violation of Treaty 6, is problematic.\u201d<\/p>\n

Her lawyer, Larry Kowalchuk, says the family hopes to work out an agreement with the government for use of the land.<\/p>\n

McAdam says she hopes to be able to live back on the property some day.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat’s where I grew up,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Idle No More says it was formed in 2012 as a protest against the introduction of a bill by the former Conservative government to change legislation, including the Indian Act, Navigable Waters Protection Act and Environmental Assessment Act.<\/p>\n

The group argued that the changes diminished the rights and authority of Indigenous communities while making it easier for governments and businesses to push through projects without strict environmental assessment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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