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Represented the Huron-Wendat Nation during a six-year battle to save Skandatut, an internationally significant aboriginal cultural heritage site containing the archaeological remains of a large and heavily fortified, late sixteenth-century ancestral Huron-Wendat village, once considered the “capital” of central Ontario. Failed negotiations and a court challenge led Donnelly Law to obtain a rare Stop Work Order under the Ontario Heritage Act from the Ministry of Culture. The Vaughan site is now protected in perpetuity.
Represented the Canadian Environmental Defence Fund (“CEDF”) and the Safe Drinking Water Coalition at the Inquiry. The Coalition included representatives from Pollution Probe, CEDF and First Nations. David Donnelly worked to facilitate the involvement of coalition members at the Inquiry.