Moses v. Canada, (2002) 224 F.T.R. 145 (TD)

• Court: Federal Court (Canada)
• Case Date: October 15, 2002
• Jurisdiction: Canada (Federal)
• Citations: (2002), 224 F.T.R. 145 (TD)

Moses v. Can. (2002), 224 F.T.R. 145 (TD)

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Temp. Cite: [2002] F.T.R. TBEd. OC.053

Yvelaine Marie Moses (applicant) v. Her Majesty the Queen (respondent)

(T-685-02; 2002 FCT 1088)

Indexed As: Moses v. Canada

Federal Court of Canada

Trial Division

Hargrave, Prothonotary

October 17, 2002.

Summary:

The Registrar of Indian Affairs found that Moses was entitled to registration as an Indian under s. 6(2) of the 1985 Indian Act. Moses applied for judicial review and sought to test certain provisions of the 1970 Indian Act. The Crown moved to strike out the application on the ground that there was no decision which the court could review under s. 18.1 of the Federal Court Act.

A Prothonotary of the Federal Court of Canada, Trial Division, granted the motion and struck out the application.

Administrative Law - Topic 542

The hearing and decision - Decisions of the tribunal - What constitutes a decision - [See Indians, Inuit and Métis - Topic 175 ].

Administrative Law - Topic 3203

Judicial review - General - Matters not subject to review - [See Indians, Inuit and Métis - Topic 175 ].

Courts - Topic 4071.1

Federal Court of Canada - Jurisdiction - Trial Division - Practice - Judicial review applications - General - [See Indians, Inuit and Métis - Topic 175 ].

Indians, Inuit and Métis - Topic 175

Registration - Appeals or judicial review - The Registrar of Indian Affairs found that Moses was entitled to registration as an Indian under s. 6(2) of the 1985 Indian Act - Moses applied for judicial review and sought to test certain provisions of the 1970 Indian Act - The Crown moved to strike out the application, arguing that there was no decision which the court could review under s. 18.1 of the Federal Court Act - A Prothonotary of the Federal Court of Canada, Trial Division, struck out the application - A determination by the Registrar under s. 5(3) of the Indian Act that a name be added or deleted from the Register was not finally determinative of a substantive right - The Prothonotary held that the Registrar's determination should not be reviewed at this point, but rather should be reviewed after a protest from Moses and a final and reviewable decision was made by the Registrar under s. 14 of the Indian Act.

Cases Noticed:

Bull (David) Laboratories (Canada) Inc. v. Pharmacia Inc. et al., [1995] 1 F.C. 588; 176 N.R. 48 (F.C.A.), refd to. [para. 6].

Pharmacia Inc. et al. v. Canada (Minister of National Health and Welfare) - see Bull (David) Laboratories (Canada) Inc. v. Pharmacia Inc. et al.

Garcia v. Canada (Attorney General) (1997), 129 F.T.R. 174 (T.D.), refd to. [para. 6].

Bouchard v. Canada (Ministre de la Défense nationale) et al. (1998), 158 F.T.R. 232 (T.D.), refd to. [para. 6].

Wheaton v. Canada Post Corp. (2000), 186 F.T.R. 108 (T.D. Protho.), refd to. [para. 6].

Alberta Wilderness Association et al. v. Canada (Minister of Fisheries and Oceans) et al. (1997), 146 F.T.R. 19 (T.D.), refd to. [para. 7].

Bouchard v. Canada (Ministre de la Défense nationale) et al. (1999), 255 N.R. 183; 187 D.L.R.(4th) 314 (F.C.A.), refd to. [para. 7].

Bay v. Canada, [1974] 1 F.C. 523 (F.C.A.), consd. [para. 8].

Landry v. Canada (Ministre des Affaires Indiennes et du Nord) (1996), 118 F.T.R. 184 (T.D.), consd. [para. 10].

Registrar of Indian and Northern Affairs v. Sinclair, [2002] 3 F.C. 292; 215 F.T.R. 194 (T.D.), consd. [para. 12].

Counsel:

Teressa Nahanee, for the applicant;

Craig Cameron, for the respondent.

Solicitors of Record:

McIvor Nahanee Law Corporation, Merritt, British Columbia, for the applicant;

Morris Rosenberg, Deputy Attorney General of Canada, Vancouver, British Columbia, for the respondent.

This application was heard on October 15, 2002, at Vancouver, British Columbia, before Hargrave, Prothonotary, of the Federal Court of Canada, Trial Division, who delivered the following decision on October 17, 2002.