It’s a problem, but it’s a federal problem. New Brunswick offering up its courts to handle Indigenous bylaws sets an expectation that provinces elsewhere do the same, and well, it shouldn’t be up to them in the first place. The justice system is already at capacity and provincial resources shouldn’t be going to federal matters. Or, here’s a thought, abolish the Indian Act system and make reserves into regular old municipalities. If the feds can’t handle their half of our two-tiered approach to local government, they should give it up.








