Despite the headlines you might have read, Canada is not about to come to an end, Aboriginal title has not been found to “trump” private property in British Columbia, and there have been no “transfers” of land to the Cowichan tribes or anybody else arising from an 863-page <a data-evt-val="{&quot;control_fields&quot;: {&quot;mparticle&quot;: {&quot;keys&quot;: {&quot;click_source_type&quot;: &quot;click_source_type&quot;, &quot;anchor_text&quot;: &quot;anchor_text&quot;, &quot;target_url&quot;: &quot;target_url&quot;, &quot;layout_section&quot;: &quot;layout_section&quot;}, &quot;mp_event_type&quot;: &quot;Navigation&quot;, &quot;extra_keys&quot;: [&quot;click_vertical_position_percentage&quot;, &quot;click_vertical_position_pixels&quot;]}}, &quot;click_source_type&quot;: &quot;in-page link&quot;, &quot;anchor_text&quot;: &quot;British Columbia Supreme Court ruling&quot;, &quot;target_url&quot;: &quot;https://www.bccourts.ca/jdb-txt/sc/25/14/2025BCSC1490.htm?tblci=GiA69kb2R1HacWfAOA3S1C1qFh1isKJACHzSocfsLdDQRiCFw2oogMSFsciw_OcEMKyxSQ#SCJTITLEBookMark145&quot;, &quot;layout_section&quot;: &quot;in-page-link&quot;}" href="https://www.bccourts.ca/jdb-txt/sc/25/14/2025BCSC1490.htm?tblci=GiA69kb2R1HacWfAOA3S1C1qFh1isKJACHzSocfsLdDQRiCFw2oogMSFsciw_OcEMKyxSQ#SCJTITLEBookMark145" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-evt="click" data-evt-typ="click" target="_blank">British Columbia Supreme Court ruling</a> that wrapped up last Thursday after 513 trial days.

Both Crown title and Aboriginal title can underlie private property without the world coming to an end{ai:summary}Despite the headlines, Canada is not ending.Aboriginal title wasn't found to trump private property in BC, and there were no land transfers to the Cowichan or anyone else from the 863-page BC Supreme Court ruling that wrapped up after 513 trial days.

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Terry Glavin: A better response to B.C.'s Cowichan land ruling — calm down!

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