Supreme Court to hear appeal of Quebec Innu case against Rio Tinto subsidiary

摘要

Canada's Supreme Court will hear an appeal to two Quebec Innu communities' years-long attempt to sue Rio Tinto's Iron Ore Company of Canada (IOC) for alleged violation of its aboriginal title. The province of Newfoundland and Labrador is appealing a 2017 Quebec Court of Appeal decision that upheld a Quebec Superior Court ruling allowing the Innu of Uashat mak Mani-Utenam and Matimekush-Lac John's lawsuit against the IOC to proceed in Quebec, despite the allegations pertaining to territory that spans both Quebec and Labrador.