Watson v. Canada
| Jurisdiction | Federal Jurisdiction (Canada) |
| Court | Federal Court (Canada) |
| Citation | 2020 FC 129 |
| Date | 28 January 2020 |
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19 practice notes
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Ontario (Attorney General) v. Restoule
...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......
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Wesley v. Alberta
...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 withou......
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Joyce v. Nova Scotia (Attorney General)
...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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Restoule v. Canada (Attorney General)
...One Reasons, at para. 505. [200] Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation, at para. 83, citing Dickson, at p. 91. [201] See e.g., Watson v. Canada, 2020 FC 129 (in which only declaratory relief was granted); Yahey. v. British Columbia, 2021 BCSC 1287 ; and Manitoba Metis, which concerned constitutiona......
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14 cases
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Wesley v. Alberta
...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 withou......
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Ontario (Attorney General) v. Restoule
...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......
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Joyce v. Nova Scotia (Attorney General)
...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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Restoule v. Canada (Attorney General)
...One Reasons, at para. 505. [200] Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation, at para. 83, citing Dickson, at p. 91. [201] See e.g., Watson v. Canada, 2020 FC 129 (in which only declaratory relief was granted); Yahey. v. British Columbia, 2021 BCSC 1287 ; and Manitoba Metis, which concerned constitutiona......
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2 firm's commentaries
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Bringing Order To Title: How The Cowichan Decision Treats Indigenous Oral History And Legal Orders
...comments on approaching oral history evidence in Jim Shot Both Sides v Canada, 2019 FC 789 ,14 and Justice Phelan's in Watson v. Canada, 2020 FC 12915 that documentary evidence deserves considerable weight when supported by oral history evidence.16 In light of the above noted case law, Jus......
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The United Nations Declaration On The Rights Of Indigenous Peoples In Canada: Bill C-15 Introduced
...4. UNDRIP, supra note 2. 5. Baker v Canada (Minister of Citizenship & Immigration), 1999 SCC 699 at para 69; Watson v Canada, 2020 FC 129 at para 351; Kerry Wilkins, "Strategizing UNDRIP Implementation: Some Fundamentals" in UNDRIP Implementation: More Reflections on the Braiding of Interna......
2 books & journal articles
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Aboriginal Law and Indigenous Law in the Federal Courts of Canada
...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......
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IMPLEMENTING UNDRIP: AN ANALYSIS OF BRITISH COLUMBIA'S DECLARATION ON THE RIGHTS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLESACT.
...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 ......
