[2] In May 2021, the Federal Court of Canada ordered the nation's governing council to meet to discuss a petition to have Chief Marvin Yahey removed from his position.
The petition had been started by three councillors, alleging a breach of the Chief's fiduciary duties and noting that the council hadn't met in over a year.
This time the band sought an injunction to prohibit the Province from authorizing industrial development relating to forestry and oil and gas activities within defined "critical areas".
Justice Emily Burke ruled that the province had failed to assess that the cumulative effect of approving developments and taking land meant that the nation could not meaningfully exercise its treaty rights.
One commentator expressed concerns regarding the definition of modernity, wondering whether "ever-expanding exploitative resource extraction activities continue to define our moment in time as a society .. even when science tells us that cumulative impacts are imperiling wildlife survival.