Event Description:
This presentation will situate the law of First Nation taxation and tax immunity within the broader arc of the historico-legal relationship between Indigenous peoples and the Crown. In particular, the lecture will examine how the approach to First Nation taxation by Canada (and the courts) has tracked the evolution of broader Crown policies and objectives in regard to Indigenous peoples, from mutual autonomy, to assimilation and ultimately to reconciliation.
Speaker:
Named Benchmark Canada's Aboriginal Law Litigator of the Year for 2016, Max Faille is a partner in Gowling WLG's Vancouver office, practising in Indigenous law and constitutional litigation. Max's clients principally consist of Indigenous governments, agencies and businesses across Canada, as well as private and public sector interests working with Indigenous communities. In addition to legal representation in the courts and in negotiations, Max regularly provides advice on matters of Aboriginal and treaty rights, First Nation taxation, self-government and Indigenous economic development. He represented the Assembly of First Nations in the Bastien and Dube cases in the Supreme Court of Canada that breathed new life into the First Nation tax immunity. In December 2020, Max received the Northwest Territories Premier's Award for Indigenous Partnership.
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