Watson v. Canada

JurisdictionFederal Jurisdiction (Canada)
Date28 January 2020
Citation2020 FC 129
CourtFederal Court (Canada)

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18 practice notes
  • Ontario (Attorney General) v Restoule,
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court (Canada)
    • 26 Julio 2024
    ...335 ; Chippewas of Nawash Unceded First Nation v. Canada (Attorney General), 2023 ONCA 565 , 486 D.L.R. (4th) 1 ; Watson v. Canada, 2020 FC 129; Yahey v. British Columbia, 2021 BCSC 1287 , 43 C.E.L.R. (4th) 1 ; Provincial Court Judges' Assn. of New Brunswick v. New Brunswick (Minister o......
  • Ontario (Attorney General) v. Restoule,
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court (Canada)
    • 26 Julio 2024
    ...335 ; Chippewas of Nawash Unceded First Nation v. Canada (Attorney General), 2023 ONCA 565 , 486 D.L.R. (4th) 1 ; Watson v. Canada, 2020 FC 129; Yahey v. British Columbia, 2021 BCSC 1287 , 43 C.E.L.R. (4th) 1 ; Provincial Court Judges’ Assn. of New Brunswick v. New Brunswick (Minister o......
  • Wesley v Alberta,
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Alberta)
    • 23 Agosto 2024
    ...legal rights and cannot be asserted at large to create an exception to statutory provisions like the Limitations Act : Watson v Canada, 2020 FC 129 at para. 352; Jim Shot Both Sides (FCA) at para. 229. 44 It is also not obvious that allowing the pursuit of Aboriginal rights claims without ......
  • Joyce v. Nova Scotia (Attorney General),
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court of Nova Scotia (Canada)
    • 27 Enero 2022
    ...thereof is found under the Federal Court Rule enacted in 2008 in response to the Enge v. Canada, 2017 FC 932 decision: Watson v. Canada, 2020 FC 129 at para. 404.I note that there is jurisprudential uncertainty regarding whether only one aboriginal group can be the representative of a s. ......
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14 cases
  • Ontario (Attorney General) v. Restoule
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court (Canada)
    • 26 Julio 2024
    ...335 ; Chippewas of Nawash Unceded First Nation v. Canada (Attorney General), 2023 ONCA 565 , 486 D.L.R. (4th) 1 ; Watson v. Canada, 2020 FC 129; Yahey v. British Columbia, 2021 BCSC 1287 , 43 C.E.L.R. (4th) 1 ; Provincial Court Judges’ Assn. of New Brunswick v. New Brunswick (Minister o......
  • Wesley v Alberta
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Alberta)
    • 23 Agosto 2024
    ...legal rights and cannot be asserted at large to create an exception to statutory provisions like the Limitations Act : Watson v Canada, 2020 FC 129 at para. 352; Jim Shot Both Sides (FCA) at para. 229. 44 It is also not obvious that allowing the pursuit of Aboriginal rights claims without ......
  • Ontario (Attorney General) v Restoule
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court (Canada)
    • 26 Julio 2024
    ...335 ; Chippewas of Nawash Unceded First Nation v. Canada (Attorney General), 2023 ONCA 565 , 486 D.L.R. (4th) 1 ; Watson v. Canada, 2020 FC 129; Yahey v. British Columbia, 2021 BCSC 1287 , 43 C.E.L.R. (4th) 1 ; Provincial Court Judges' Assn. of New Brunswick v. New Brunswick (Minister o......
  • Joyce v. Nova Scotia (Attorney General)
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court of Nova Scotia (Canada)
    • 27 Enero 2022
    ...thereof is found under the Federal Court Rule enacted in 2008 in response to the Enge v. Canada, 2017 FC 932 decision: Watson v. Canada, 2020 FC 129 at para. 404.I note that there is jurisprudential uncertainty regarding whether only one aboriginal group can be the representative of a s. ......
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2 books & journal articles
  • Aboriginal Law and Indigenous Law in the Federal Courts of Canada
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books The Federal Court of Appeal and the Federal Court. 50 Years of History
    • 4 Octubre 2021
    ...in Jim Shot Both Sides v R , 2019 FC 789 , Plains Cree in Thomas v One Arrow First Nation , 2019 FC 1663 , and Cree in Watson v Canada , 2020 FC 129. 43 See Thurton, above note 41 . [ 426 ] Aboriginal Law and Indigenous Law in the Federal Courts of Canada substantial contributions in majo......
  • IMPLEMENTING UNDRIP: AN ANALYSIS OF BRITISH COLUMBIA'S DECLARATION ON THE RIGHTS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLESACT.
    • Canada
    • University of British Columbia Law Review Vol. 53 No. 4, September 2021
    • 1 Septiembre 2021
    ...of the decided cases that reference UNDRIP conclude that the Declaration is not relevant to the issue at hand. See e.g. Watson v Canada. 2020 FC 129 at para 351. It is the responsibility of counsel who reference UNDRIP to demonstrate how it bears upon the interpretive issue at hand. For an ......