Land Expropriation
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Those who lost properties to make way for Mirabel airport to be honoured with new siteMembers of the CMCEM plan to create a site to commemorate the families' struggles and will include a monument designed by sculptor Armand Vaillancourt.CanadaAug 21, 2023
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Committee OKs some land expropriations for bus rapid transit, sends issue to full councilThe city of London is on the path towards expropriating parts of nearly 80 properties to make room for two major bus rapid transit projects.PoliticsMay 23, 2023
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Deadline passes, but family of Jackie Vautour remains in Kouchibouguac National ParkFor more than 50 years, the Vautours have claimed they are Acadian-Metis and have the permission of Steven Augustine to remain on the property on New Brunswick's east coast.CanadaApr 1, 2022
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Deadline looms in Vautour family battle to remain on land in N.B. national parkParks Canada is sticking to a March 31 deadline for the family to vacate the property and remove their belongings from the land on the east coast of New Brunswick.CanadaMar 19, 2022
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Parks Canada tells family fighting expropriation to leave N.B. park by end of MarchJackie Vautour staged a 50-year battle against the government's expropriation of the land up to his death in February of last yearCanadaJan 25, 2022
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Family of Jackie Vautour to continue fight for land expropriated for national parkThe Vautour family say they are Metis-Acadian and the expropriated land is unceded Mi'kmaq territory that is the subject of an ongoing court challenge.CanadaApr 16, 2021
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Jackie Vautour, advocate against Kouchibouguac land expropriation, has diedFor decades, Jackie Vautour had been in legal battles with the government, claiming Kouchibouguac is on traditional Indigenous land.CanadaFeb 8, 2021
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