British Columbia (Minister of Forests) v. Okanagan Indian Band

JurisdictionFederal Jurisdiction (Canada)
CourtSupreme Court (Canada)
JudgeMcLachlin, Beverley; Gonthier, Charles Doherty; Iacobucci, Frank; Major, John C.; Bastarache, Michel; Binnie, William Ian Corneil; Arbour, Louise; LeBel, Louis; Deschamps, Marie
Citation[2003] 3 SCR 371,2003 SCC 71,[2004] 2 WWR 252,[2004] 1 CNLR 7,189 BCAC 161,[2003] SCJ No 76 (QL),309 WAC 161,313 NR 84,EYB 2003-51166,233 DLR (4th) 577,21 BCLR (4th) 209,[2003] CarswellBC 3040,114 CRR (2d) 108,[2003] ACS no 76,127 ACWS (3d) 214
Docket Number28981, 28988
Date12 December 2003
Subject MatterPRACTICE,FAMILY LAW

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    ...499 A.R. 309; 514 W.A.C. 309; 2011 SCC 5, refd to. [para. 111]. British Columbia (Minister of Forests) v. Okanagan Indian Band et al., [2003] 3 S.C.R. 371; 313 N.R. 84; 189 B.C.A.C. 161; 309 W.A.C. 161; 2003 SCC 71, refd to. [para. Conseil scolaire francophone de la Colombie-Britannique et ......
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    ...Rice v. New Brunswick, 2002 SCC 13, [2002] 1 S.C.R. 405; British Columbia (Minister of Forests) v. Okanagan Indian Band, 2003 SCC 71, [2003] 3 S.C.R. 371; Finney v. Barreau du Québec, 2004 SCC 36, [2004] 2 S.C.R. 17; Richard v. Time Inc., 2012 SCC 8, [2012] 1 S.C.R. 265; Schachter v. Canada......
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    ...499 A.R. 309; 514 W.A.C. 309; 2011 SCC 5, refd to. [para. 111]. British Columbia (Minister of Forests) v. Okanagan Indian Band et al., [2003] 3 S.C.R. 371; 313 N.R. 84; 189 B.C.A.C. 161; 309 W.A.C. 161; 2003 SCC 71, refd to. [para. Conseil scolaire francophone de la Colombie-Britannique et ......
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    ...para. 24. 12 Ibid., para. 25. 13 Ibid., para. 26. 14 See, for example: British Columbia (Minister of Forests) v. Okanagan Indian Band, [2003] 3 S.C.R. 371, and Little Sisters Book and Art Emporium v. Commissioner of Customs and Revenue and Minister of National Revenue, [2007] 1 S.C.R. 38. I......
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    ...paras. 157–200 (applying R. 57.01(1)). 154 Ont. R. Civ. P. 56.01. 155 British Columbia (Minister of Forests) v. Okanagan Indian Band, [2003] 3 S.C.R. 371 at para. 20 [Okanagan Indian Band] (citing Hamilton-Wentworth (Regional Municipality) v. Hamilton-Wentworth Save the Valley Committee, In......
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