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A bylaw that prevents unlicensed tour guides from offering tours in Montreal is still standing in the way of Indigenous people sharing their history with visitors, according to a Montreal-based activist and tour guide.

While a provisional injunction to allow the JFK Quarry to immediately proceed with its restoration plan was refused last Thursday, legal proceedings for an interlocutory injunction are continuing at Quebec Superior Court, with the owners of JFK alleging that the Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK) has been delaying work for years despite previously agreeing to proceed with the plan.

The Mohawk Council of Kanesatake (MCK) has brought a proposal to the community on a plan to work with a third-party organization to manage Pines land involved in an “ecological gift” land transfer to Kanesatake, to help protect the land from seizure and unregulated development.

The Mohawk Council of Kanesatake (MCK) caretaker council signaled it is open to discussing an alternative pathway to a local election, while no hearing has been booked yet for the federal court case regarding Kanesatake’s election process.

Last week, caretaker council member Serge Otsi Simon and Kanesatake Education Center (KEC) education director Watsenniostha Nelson attended the First Nations Education Council’s (FNEC) annual general meeting in Quebec City, where they discussed ways to fund and strengthen Indigenous education.

Members of the Longhouse in Kanesatake formally opposed the Alto railway project in a letter to various members of government over the railways projected path through Kanesatake’s ancestral lands.

As Rainbow Distribution prepares to continue a legal fight against Quebec following a series of tobacco seizures and searches, other nations have taken to social media to voice their support.

As the Union des producteurs agricoles (UPA) and other interest groups call for a moratorium on new wind farm projects operated by private firms on agricultural land, the Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK) finds itself having to plead its case to uphold its right to pursue own-source revenue.

The Mohawk Council of Kanesatake caretaker council continues to work under a limited mandate as council and community await the next steps of a Federal Court hearing that will eventually allow for an election.

The Court of Appeal of Quebec has refused to reconsider the Superior Court’s denial of an interlocutory injunction that could have put Magic Palace on the path to reopening while its lawsuit against the Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK) unfolds.