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JUDGMENT IN APPEAL

 

March 18, 2022

For immediate release

 

OTTAWA – The Supreme Court of Canada has today deposited with the Registrar judgment in the following appeal. The reasons for judgment and the Case in Brief will be available shortly.

 

 

JUGEMENT SUR APPEL

 

Le 18 mars 2022

Pour diffusion immédiate

 

OTTAWA – La Cour suprême du Canada a déposé aujourd’hui auprès du registraire le jugement dans l'appel suivant. Les motifs de jugement et La cause en bref seront disponibles sous peu.

 


 

39323                    Germaine Anderson on her own behalf and on behalf of all other Beaver Lake Cree Nation beneficiaries of Treaty No. 6 and of Beaver Lake Cree Nation v. Her Majesty The Queen in Right of the Province of Alberta and Attorney General of Canada - and - Attorney General of British Columbia, Alberta Prison Justice Society, Chiefs of Ontario, Advocates’ Society, Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs, Indigenous Bar Association in Canada, Treaty 8 First Nations of Alberta, Ecojustice Canada Society and Anishinabek Nation (Alta.)

2022 SCC 6 / 2022 CSC 6

 

Coram:                  Wagner C.J. and Moldaver, Karakatsanis, Côté, Brown, Rowe, Martin, Kasirer and Jamal JJ.

 

The appeal from the judgment of the Court of Appeal of Alberta (Edmonton), Numbers 1903-0274-AC and 1903-0279-AC, 2020 ABCA 238, dated June 15, 2020, heard on November 4, 2021, is allowed with costs throughout on a solicitor-client basis. The application for advance costs is remitted to the Court of Queen’s Bench of Alberta for reconsideration.

 

L’appel interjeté contre l’arrêt de la Cour d’appel de l’Alberta (Edmonton), numéros 1903-0274-AC et 1903-0279-AC, 2020 ABCA 238, daté du 15 juin 2020, entendu le 4 novembre 2021, est accueilli avec dépens devant toutes les cours sur la base avocat-client. La demande de provision pour frais est renvoyée à la Cour du Banc de la Reine de l’Alberta pour réexamen.

 


 

 

 

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