Pristine Canadian river has legal personhood, new approach to conserving nature

Re:Pristine Canadian river has legal personhood, new approac... by bawolff on Thursday February 08, 2024 @03:19PM (#39307111)

> In 2021, the Innu Council of Ekuanitshit and the regional municipal council of Minganie passed sister resolutions, granting the Magpie River the landmark right of legal personhood

Maybe i'm missing something, but surely this would require an act of either the provincial or federal legislature. Surely this is way outside of the powers of a municipal council.

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Re:Pristine Canadian river has legal personhood, new approac... by lainga on Thursday February 08, 2024 @04:07PM (#39307719)

Alas! Once it has the benediction of the CBC, it has the weight of the federal government behind it. (only half-joking...)

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Re:Pristine Canadian river has legal personhood, new approac... by amarant on Thursday February 08, 2024 @04:31PM (#39307991)

How is that municipality name supposed to be pronounced?

My first attempt sounded too much like "u-can-eat-shit" to be correct...I hope...

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Re:Pristine Canadian river has legal personhood, new approac... by bawolff on Thursday February 08, 2024 @07:30PM (#39309785)

That's technically a band council not a municipality. They probably have more or at least different rights than a municipality, but i still doubt they have the authority to incorporate a river.

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Re:Pristine Canadian river has legal personhood, new approac... by hinkley on Thursday February 08, 2024 @10:45PM (#39311140)

Journalistic piece I found about the Maggie pronounced it something like e-QUAN-uh-she

Silent T’s apparently.

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