The Robinson Huron Treaty Litigation Fund (RHTLF) is advising treaty beneficiaries and First Nations that the distribution of the multi-billion dollar treaty annuities settlement for past...

Every year the Government of Canada makes treaty annuity payments to persons who are registered under the Indian Act and are registered to a First Nation that signed a specific historic treaty with the Crown. On this page. What are treaty payments; Honouring treaty commitments; Urban treaty payment events; Who is eligible

The Robinson Huron Litigation Fund has confirmed via social media that all 21 First Nation signatories to the 1850 treaty have now signed off on the settlement agreement, which will see Canada and...

The litigation team for Robinson Huron Treaty interests has countered that Ontario has a legal obligation to increase annuity payments over time. It’s anticipated the Supreme Court will hand down a decision on the province’s appeal sometime this year.

If the Crown fails to honourably and justly in exercising its discretion to increase annuity payments, a court may need to intervene and make a decision on what is owed to the Robinson Superior Treaty First Nations instead of returning the matter back to the Crown for redetermination.