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Legal action against the municipality of Oka
January 15, 2021
KANESATAKE MOHAWK TERRITORY- Kanesatake is officially taking Oka and the Quebec government to court.
The two communities faced a major dispute over the Pines before the end of December, but the conflict certainly didn’t go away with the new year. The Mohawk Council of Kanesatake (MCK) announced on Monday that it has filed for legal actions, demanding to “quash and declare null Oka’s bylaw” as their press release reads.
The MCK is also asking that the judicial review prevent the municipality of Oka from “taking any further actions to limit or obstruct the transfer of the Pines to Kanien’keha:ka control,” and recognize that the municipality has failed to consult the community before adopting the bylaw.