The Crown has made payments to 23 First Nations of the Robinson-Huron Treaty territory since 1850, in exchange for a territory roughly the size of France.
In 1874, the payment was increased to C$4 per person per year. It has not changed since then.
On Friday, Ontario’s court of appeal ruled unanimously that the meagre payments were a violation of the spirit of the treaty: to share the wealth generated from the territory.
4 loonies per person per year since 1874? I hope the First Nations south of the 49th parallel are keeping an eye on this.