Rebecca Alty
- Political Experience
- City councillor for Yellowknife 2012 to 2018, 15th mayor of Yellowknife from 2018 to 2025, elected to the House of Commons in 2025
- Notable
- Became Minister of Crown–Indigenous Relations in 2025. First federal minister from the Northwest Territories since 2006 and the first full cabinet minister with a portfolio ever to be from the Northwest Territories.
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Mr. Speaker, I find it disingenuous that the members opposite continue to suggest that we are not protecting the private property rights of Canada. Here is what we have been doing: We disagreed with the B.C. Supreme Court's ruling and appealed it; we supported Montrose, a private property owner in the area, to present evidence that was not before the court during the trial. Section 92 of the
Mr. Speaker, it is an important question and one that is currently before the courts. In the recent Wolastoqey decision, the Court of Appeal in New Brunswick, which is the highest court in the province, has refused leave to appeal. It found that aboriginal title cannot be declared over private property. On the other side of the country, in the Cowichan case, the B.C. judge found that they could