Canada (Attorney General) v. Anishnabe of Wauzhushk Onigum Band et al., [2002] O.T.C. 722 (SC)

• Judge: G.P. Smith, J.
• Court: Superior Court of Justice of Ontario (Canada)
• Case Date: September 13, 2002
• Jurisdiction: Ontario
• Citations: [2002] O.T.C. 722 (SC)

Can. (A.G.) v. Anishnabe of Wauzhushk, [2002] O.T.C. 722 (SC)

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Temp. Cite: [2002] O.T.C. TBEd. OC.015

The Attorney General of Canada (applicant) v. Anishnabe of Wauzhushk Onigum Band, Anishnaabeg of Naongashing Band, Big Grassy Band, Buffalo Point First Nation, Couchiching First Nation, Eagle Lake Band, Grassy Narrows First Nation, Iskatewizaagegan #39 Independent First Nation, Lac des Mille Lacs Band, Lac La Croix Band, Lac Seul Band, Naicatchewenin Band, Naotkamegwanning Band, Nicickousemenecaning Band, Northwest Angle #33 Band, Northwest Angle #37 Band, Ochiichagewe'babigo'ining First Nation, Ojibway Nation of Saugeen Indian Band, Ojibways of Onigaming First Nation, Rainy River Band, Seine River First Nation, Shoal Lake #40 Band, Slate Falls Nation, Stanjikoming First Nation, Wabaseemoong Independent Nations, Wabauskang First Nation, Wabigoon Lake Ojibway Nation and Washagamis Bay Band (respondents)

(Court File No. 00-0121)

Indexed As: Canada (Attorney General) v. Anishnabe of Wauzhushk Onigum Band et al.

Court of Ontario

Superior Court of Justice

Thunder Bay

G.P. Smith, J.

September 13, 2002 and October 10, 2002.

Summary:

This headnote contains no summary.

Indians, Inuit and Métis - Topic 5507

Lands - Reserves or Métis lands - Creation of (incl. allocation of) - See paragraphs 1 to 87.

Practice - Topic 7029

Costs - Party and party costs - Entitlement to party and party costs - Successful party - Exceptions - Novel or important point - See paragraphs 88 to 97.

Cases Noticed:

Lac La Ronge Indian Band et al. v. Canada and Saskatchewan (2001), 213 Sask.R. 1; 260 W.A.C. 1; 206 D.L.R.(4th) 638 (C.A.), refd to. [para. 15].

Venne - see Lac La Ronge Indian Band et al. v. Canada and Saskatchewan.

St. Mary's Indian Band et al. v. Cranbrook (City) [1997] 2 S.C.R. 657; 213 N.R. 290; 92 B.C.A.C. 161; 150 W.A.C. 161, refd to. [para. 39, footnote 1].

Ross River Dena Council Band et al. v. Canada et al. (2002), 289 N.R. 233; 168 B.C.A.C. 1; 275 W.A.C. 1 (S.C.C.), refd to. [para. 40, footnote 2].

Delgamuukw et al. v. British Columbia et al. (1989), 38 B.C.L.R.(2d) 165 (S.C.), refd to. [para. 47, footnote 3].

Blueberry River Indian Band and Doig River Indian Band v. Canada (Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development) et al., [1993] 3 F.C. 28; 151 N.R. 241; 37 D.L.R.(4th) 257 (F.C.A.), refd to. [para. 47, footnote 3].

R. v. Apsassin - see Blueberry River Indian Band and Doig River Indian Band v. Canada (Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development) et al.

R. v. Mohan, [1994] 2 S.C.R. 9; 166 N.R. 245; 71 O.A.C. 241; 89 C.C.C.(3d) 402; 114 D.L.R.(4th) 419; 29 C.R.(4th) 243, refd to. [para. 49].

Lac La Ronge Indian Band et al. v. Canada and Saskatchewan (1999), 188 Sask.R. 1 (Q.B.), refd to. [para. 49].

Fairford First Nation v. Canada (Attorney General) (1998), 145 F.T.R. 115 (T.D.), refd to. [para. 52].

R. v. Marshall (D.J.), Jr., [1999] 3 S.C.R. 456; 246 N.R. 83; 178 N.S.R.(2d) 201; 549 A.P.R. 201; [1999] 4 C.N.L.R. 161, refd to. [para. 54, footnote 4].

Mitchell v. Minister of National Revenue, [2001] 1 S.C.R. 911; 269 N.R. 207, refd to. [para. 56].

CSP Foods and Canbra Foods Ltd. v. Canadian Transport Commission, Canadian Pacific Ltd. and Canadian National Railway Co., [1983] 1 F.C. 55; 42 N.R. 123 (F.C.A.), refd to. [para. 59; footnote 5].

Jodrey Estate v. Nova Scotia and British Columbia and Quebec (Attorneys General), [1980] 2 S.C.R. 774; 32 N.R. 275; 41 N.S.R.(2d) 181; 76 A.P.R. 181, refd to. [para. 60, footnote 6].

Eskimos, Re, [1939] S.C.R. 104, refd to. [para. 69, footnote 8].

Osoyoos Indian Band v. Oliver (Town) et al. (2001), 278 N.R. 201; 160 B.C.A.C. 171; 261 W.A.C. 171 (S.C.C.), refd to. [para. 69, footnote 9].

Bayshore Shopping Centre Ltd. v. Nepean (Township), [1972] S.C.R. 755, refd to. [para. 69, footnote 10].

R. v. Sioui, [1990] 1 S.C.R. 1025; 109 N.R. 22; 30 Q.A.C. 280; 56 C.C.C.(3d) 225; 70 D.L.R.(4th) 427, refd to. [para. 69].

Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration) v. Dueck, [1999] 3 F.C. 203; 155 F.T.R. 1 (T.D.), refd to. [para. 69].

Canada (Attorney General) v. Branch Affiliate of Base Borden Collegiate Institute (1980), 116 D.L.R.(3d) 655 (Ont. Div. Ct.), refd to. [para. 69].

R. v. Taylor and Williams (1981), 34 O.R.(2d) 360 (C.A.), refd to. [para. 69].

Stoney Creek Indian Band v. Alcan Aluminum Ltd., [2002] C.N.L.R. 345, refd to. [para. 86].

Campbell (Donald) and Co. v. Pollak, [1927] A.C. 732 (H.L.), refd to. [para. 89, footnote 12].

Gibson v. Smith (1915), 21 D.L.R. 716 (Man. C.A.), refd to. [para. 90, footnote 13].

Townsend v. Board of Education of the Borough of Etobicoke (1986), 15 O.A.C. 30; 27 D.L.R.(4th) 103 (C.A.), refd to. [para. 96, footnote 14].

Wallace v. Board of Education of Lobo Township (1886), 11 O.R. 648 (H.C.), refd to. [para. 96, footnote 14].

Authors and Works Noticed:

Driedger, Elmer A., Construction of Statutes (3rd Ed. 1994), generally [para. 61].

Orkin, The Law of Costs (2nd Ed.), pp. 2 to 6 [para. 91]; 2-51-51 [para. 96, footnote 14].

Sopinka, John, Lederman, Sidney N., and Bryant, Allan W., The Law of Evidence in Canada (2nd Ed. 1999), generally [para. 47, footnote 3].

Woodward, Jack, Native Law, p. 265 [para. 39, footnote 1].

Counsel:

John Tyhurst and Umberto Agostino, for the applicant;

Donald Colborne and Lorne D. Clark, for the respondents, Couchiching First Nation, Naicatchewenin Band, Nicickousemenecaning Band and Stanjikoming First Nation;

Jeffrey Harris, for the respondent, Rainy River Band.

This application was heard on June 17-20, 25 and 26, 2002, before G.P. Smith, J., of the Ontario Superior Court, who released the following decision on September 13, 2002, with supplementary reasons released on October 10, 2002.

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