Keewatin et al. v. Ontario (Minister of Natural Resources) et al.

JurisdictionOntario
JudgeSanderson, J.
Date16 August 2011
Citation2011 ONSC 4801,[2011] O.T.C. Uned. 4801,[2011] O.T.C. Uned. 4801 (SC)
CourtSuperior Court of Justice of Ontario (Canada)

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  • Daniels c. Canada (Affaires Indiennes et du Nord canadien),
    • Canada
    • Federal Court (Canada)
    • January 8, 2013
    ...v. Blais, 2003 SCC 44 , [2003] 2 S.C.R. 236 , 230 D.L.R. (4th) 22, [2004] 11 W.W.R. 199; Keewatin v. Minister of Natural Resources, 2011 ONSC 4801 (CanLII), [2012] 1 C.N.L.R. 13.CONSIDERED:Daniels v. Canada (Minister of Indian Affairs and North-ern Development), 2008 FC 823 ; Solosky v. ......
  • Table of Cases
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books The Law Society of Upper Canada Special Lectures 2017
    • June 24, 2021
    ...Keewatin v Ontario (Minister of Natural Resources), 2011 ONSC 4801, rev’d on other grounds 2013 ONCA 158, rev’d on other grounds 2014 SCC 48 ....................................................... 635, 636 Kelly v Alberta (Energy Resources Conservation Board), 2012 ABCA 19 ........ 175 Kell......
  • Lameman et al. v. Alberta et al., 2012 ABQB 195
    • Canada
    • Court of Queen''s Bench of Alberta (Canada)
    • March 28, 2012
    ...486; 2002 BCSC 1199, refd to. [para. 22]. Keewatin et al. v. Ontario (Minister of Natural Resources) et al., [2011] O.T.C. Uned. 4801; 2011 ONSC 4801, refd to. [para. 35]. Haida Nation v. British Columbia (Minister of Forests) et al., [2004] 3 S.C.R. 511; 327 N.R. 53; 206 B.C.A.C. 52; 338 W......
  • GRASSY NARROWS X: AN ALTERNATIVE ARGUMENT.
    • Canada
    • University of Toronto Faculty of Law Review Vol. 73 No. 2, March 2015
    • March 22, 2015
    ...that of Ontario. This position is supported by the trial judge's findings of fact in Keewatin v. Ontario (Minister of Natural Resources), 2011 ONSC 4801 (19) and was not specifically disputed nor overturned at the higher courts on appeal. Nevertheless, the Keewatin argument failed because t......
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  • Daniels c. Canada (Affaires Indiennes et du Nord canadien)
    • Canada
    • Federal Court (Canada)
    • January 8, 2013
    ...v. Blais, 2003 SCC 44 , [2003] 2 S.C.R. 236 , 230 D.L.R. (4th) 22, [2004] 11 W.W.R. 199; Keewatin v. Minister of Natural Resources, 2011 ONSC 4801 (CanLII), [2012] 1 C.N.L.R. 13.CONSIDERED:Daniels v. Canada (Minister of Indian Affairs and North-ern Development), 2008 FC 823 ; Solosky v. ......
  • Lameman et al. v. Alberta et al., 2012 ABQB 195
    • Canada
    • Court of Queen''s Bench of Alberta (Canada)
    • March 28, 2012
    ...486; 2002 BCSC 1199, refd to. [para. 22]. Keewatin et al. v. Ontario (Minister of Natural Resources) et al., [2011] O.T.C. Uned. 4801; 2011 ONSC 4801, refd to. [para. 35]. Haida Nation v. British Columbia (Minister of Forests) et al., [2004] 3 S.C.R. 511; 327 N.R. 53; 206 B.C.A.C. 52; 338 W......
  • Daniels et al. v. Canada (Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development) et al.
    • Canada
    • Federal Court (Canada)
    • January 8, 2013
    ...refd to. [para. 551]. Keewatin et al. v. Ontario (Minister of Natural Resources) et al., [2011] O.T.C. Uned. 4801; [2012] 1 C.N.L.R. 13; 2011 ONSC 4801, refd to. [para. R. v. Sparrow, [1990] 1 S.C.R. 1075; 111 N.R. 241; 56 C.C.C.(3d) 263; [1990] 4 W.W.R. 410; 46 B.C.L.R.(2d) 1; 70 D.L.R.(4t......
  • Keewatin et al. v. Ontario (Minister of Natural Resources) et al.
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court (Canada)
    • May 15, 2014
    ...B. Judgments Below [21] In the first phase of the trial, Sanderson J. concluded that the answer to both threshold questions was "no" (2011 ONSC 4801, [2012] 1 C.N.L.R. 13 ). First, she found that Ontario could not take up lands within the Keewatin area so as to limit harvesting rights with......
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  • Table of Cases
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books The Law Society of Upper Canada Special Lectures 2017
    • June 24, 2021
    ...Keewatin v Ontario (Minister of Natural Resources), 2011 ONSC 4801, rev’d on other grounds 2013 ONCA 158, rev’d on other grounds 2014 SCC 48 ....................................................... 635, 636 Kelly v Alberta (Energy Resources Conservation Board), 2012 ABCA 19 ........ 175 Kell......
  • GRASSY NARROWS X: AN ALTERNATIVE ARGUMENT.
    • Canada
    • University of Toronto Faculty of Law Review Vol. 73 No. 2, March 2015
    • March 22, 2015
    ...that of Ontario. This position is supported by the trial judge's findings of fact in Keewatin v. Ontario (Minister of Natural Resources), 2011 ONSC 4801 (19) and was not specifically disputed nor overturned at the higher courts on appeal. Nevertheless, the Keewatin argument failed because t......
  • Aboriginal Title, Self-Government, and Indigenous Jurisdiction in Canadian Law.
    • Canada
    • University of New Brunswick Law Journal No. 73, January 2022
    • January 1, 2022
    ...sense"). (81) R v Van der Peet, [1996] 2 SCR 507 at 50, [1996] 9 WWR 1. (82) Ibid. (83) Keewatin v Minister of Natural Resources, 2011 ONSC 4801 at paras (84) Ibid at para 1452. (85) Grassy Narrows First Nation v Ontario (Natural Resources), 2014 SCC 48 [Grassy Narrows]. (86) Keewatin v Ont......
  • The Impact of St Catharines Milling
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books The Law Society of Upper Canada Special Lectures 2017
    • June 24, 2021
    ..., 2013 FC 6 at para 342 [ Daniels ], aff’d 2014 FCA 101, aff’d 2016 SCC 12. 111 Keewatin v Ontario (Minister of Natural Resources) , 2011 ONSC 4801 at para 50 [ Keewatin ], rev’d on other grounds 2013 ONCA 158, rev’d on other grounds 2014 SCC 48. 636  Karen Drake Similarly, the trial judge ......
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