It's cold comfort, really, to find out you have rights but you have no effective means of seeking a remedy
While the legal declaration is positive because it confirms the band’s rights, the decision is also problematic because it leaves the Blood Tribe without a means to vindicate those rights, said Calgary-based lawyer Ron Maurice.
“It’s cold comfort, really, to find out you have rights but you have no effective means of seeking a remedy,” said Maurice, whose firm Maurice Law represented the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations as an intervener.