Williams Lake Indian Band v. Canada (Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development), 2018 SCC 4
Jurisdiction | Federal Jurisdiction (Canada) |
Judge | McLachlin, Beverley; Abella, Rosalie Silberman; Moldaver, Michael J.; Karakatsanis, Andromache; Wagner, Richard; Gascon, Clément; Côté, Suzanne; Brown, Russell; Rowe, Malcolm |
Citation | 2018 SCC 4,417 DLR (4th) 239 |
Docket Number | 36983 |
Court | Supreme Court (Canada) |
Date | 02 February 2018 |
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Vujicic v Estate of Leona Donna MacEachern, 2022 ABCA 263
...ref’d, [2020] S.C.C.A. No. 227 per Wakeling & Greckol, JJ.A. [49] R.S.A. 2000, c. I-8. [50] Williams Lake Indian Band v. Canada, 2018 SCC 4, ¶ 202; [2018] 1 S.C.R. 83, 182 per Brown, J. (“The Tribunal is no more constitutionally empowered than this Court to aim for a ......
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Iskatewizaagegan No. 39 Independent First Nation v. Winnipeg (City), 2021 ONSC 1209
...S.C.R. 771 ; R. v. Sparrow, [1990] 1 S.C.R. 1075 . [35] Williams Lake Indian Band v. Canada (Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development), 2018 SCC 4 at para. 43; Manitoba Métis Federation v. Canada (Attorney General), 2013 SCC 14 ; Haida Nation v. British Columbia (Minister of Fores......
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Fédération des francophones de la Colombie-Britannique c. Canada (Emploi et Développement social),
...(Attorney General), 2010 FC 999, [2012] 2 F.C.R. 23; Williams Lake Indian Band v. Canada (Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development), 2018 SCC 4, [2018] 1 S.C.R. 83; R. v. D.A.I., 2012 SCC 5, [2012] 1 S.C.R. 149.REFERRED TO:Doucet-Boudreau v. Nova Scotia (Minister of Education)) 2003 SCC ......
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Ontario (Attorney General) v. Restoule, 2024 SCC 27
...Director), 2004 SCC 74 , [2004] 3 S.C.R. 550 ; Williams Lake Indian Band v. Canada (Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development), 2018 SCC 4, [2018] 1 S.C.R. 83 ; Alberta v. Elder Advocates of Alberta Society, 2011 SCC 24 , [2011] 2 S.C.R. 261 ; Guerin v. The Queen, [1984] 2 S.C.R. 33......
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Vujicic v Estate of Leona Donna MacEachern, 2022 ABCA 263
...ref’d, [2020] S.C.C.A. No. 227 per Wakeling & Greckol, JJ.A. [49] R.S.A. 2000, c. I-8. [50] Williams Lake Indian Band v. Canada, 2018 SCC 4, ¶ 202; [2018] 1 S.C.R. 83, 182 per Brown, J. (“The Tribunal is no more constitutionally empowered than this Court to aim for a ......
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Iskatewizaagegan No. 39 Independent First Nation v. Winnipeg (City), 2021 ONSC 1209
...S.C.R. 771 ; R. v. Sparrow, [1990] 1 S.C.R. 1075 . [35] Williams Lake Indian Band v. Canada (Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development), 2018 SCC 4 at para. 43; Manitoba Métis Federation v. Canada (Attorney General), 2013 SCC 14 ; Haida Nation v. British Columbia (Minister of Fores......
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Fédération des francophones de la Colombie-Britannique c. Canada (Emploi et Développement social),
...(Attorney General), 2010 FC 999, [2012] 2 F.C.R. 23; Williams Lake Indian Band v. Canada (Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development), 2018 SCC 4, [2018] 1 S.C.R. 83; R. v. D.A.I., 2012 SCC 5, [2012] 1 S.C.R. 149.REFERRED TO:Doucet-Boudreau v. Nova Scotia (Minister of Education)) 2003 SCC ......
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Ontario (Attorney General) v. Restoule, 2024 SCC 27
...Director), 2004 SCC 74 , [2004] 3 S.C.R. 550 ; Williams Lake Indian Band v. Canada (Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development), 2018 SCC 4, [2018] 1 S.C.R. 83 ; Alberta v. Elder Advocates of Alberta Society, 2011 SCC 24 , [2011] 2 S.C.R. 261 ; Guerin v. The Queen, [1984] 2 S.C.R. 33......
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Court Of Appeal Summaries (August 28 ' September 1)
...v. Elder Advocates of Alberta Society, 2011 SCC 24, Williams Lake Indian Band v. Canada (Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development), 2018 SCC 4, Wewaykum Indian Band v. Canada, 2002 SCC 79, Galambos v. Perez, 2009 SCC 48, K.L.B. v. British Columbia, 2003 SCC 51, Ermineskin Indian Band and......
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COURT OF APPEAL SUMMARIES (August 28 – September 1)
...v. Elder Advocates of Alberta Society, 2011 SCC 24, Williams Lake Indian Band v. Canada (Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development), 2018 SCC 4, Wewaykum Indian Band v. Canada, 2002 SCC 79, Galambos v. Perez, 2009 SCC 48, K.L.B. v. British Columbia, 2003 SCC 51, Ermineskin Indian Band and......
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2018: The SCC Year In Review
...Mikisew's application for judicial review in this case. Williams Lake Indian Band v. Canada (Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development), 2018 SCC 4 The Williams Lake Indian Band has traditional territory near Williams Lake. The territory was never protected under the pre-emption system in......
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Table of cases
...2 NSWLR 280 (SC)......................................561 Williams Lake Indian Band v Canada (Aboriginal Afairs and Northern Development), 2018 SCC 4 .......................................... 654, 655 Wilson v Furness Railway Co (1869), LR 9 Eq 28, 21 LT 416, 39 LJ Ch 19 ........................
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Litigating Cross-Border Aboriginal Title Claims in Canada: The Possibility (and Necessity) of a Federal Legislative Response to Newfoundland and Labrador (Attorney General) v. Uashaunnuat (Innu of Uashat and of Mani-Utenam).
...legal interest belonging to an Indigenous community (see Williams Lake Indian Band v Canada (Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development), 2018 SCC 4 at paras 80-81 [Williams Lake]; Manitoba Metis Federation Inc v Canada (Attorney General), 2013 SCC 14 at para 51 [Manitoba Metis]; Haida Nat......
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Digest: Janvier v Saskatchewan (Workers' Compensation Board), 2018 SKQB 175
...Whitbread v Walley, [1990] 3 SCR 1273, [1991] 2 WWR 195 Williams Lake Indian Band v Canada (Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development), 2018 SCC 4, 417 DLR (4th) 239 umbia v British Columbia (Attorney General), 2014 SCC 59, 375 DLR (4th) 599, 463 NR 336, [2014] 11 WWR 213, 62 BCLR (5th) 1......
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...Canada, 2009 SCC 9 at paras 57, 131 [Ermineskin ], and in Williams Lake Indian Bandv Canada (Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development), 2018 SCC 4 at para (138) "I do not think the Canadian government can avoid responsibility for the dependency its own policies have created, especially w......
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