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40061

Attorney General of Québec, et al. v. Attorney General of Canada, et al.

(Quebec) (Civil) (As of Right)

Docket

Judgments on applications for leave to appeal are rendered by the Court, but are not necessarily unanimous.

List of proceedings
Date Proceeding Filed By
(if applicable)
2024-10-17 Appeal closed
2024-02-09 Formal judgment sent to the registrar of the court of appeal and all parties
2024-02-09 Judgment on appeal and notice of deposit of judgment sent to all parties
2024-02-09 Judgment on the appeal rendered, CJ Ka Côt Br Row Mar Kas Ja Ob, The appeal of the Attorney General of Quebec and the appeal of the Attorney General of Canada from the judgment of the Court of Appeal of Quebec (Montréal), Number 500-09-028751-196, 2022 QCCA 185, dated February 10, 2022, heard on December 7 and 8, 2022, are respectively dismissed and allowed. The Act respecting First Nations, Inuit and Métis children, youth and families, S.C. 2019, c. 24, is not ultra vires the jurisdiction of the Parliament of Canada under the Constitution of Canada.
Judgment accordingly
2024-02-08 General proceeding, Undertaking Lock-Up
(Michel Deschênes) 		First Nations of Quebec and Labrador Health and Social Services Commission (FNQLHSSC)
2024-02-07 General proceeding, Undertaking Lockup
(Jesse Hartery) 		Canadian Constitution Foundation
2024-02-07 General proceeding, Undertaking Lockup
(Alyssa Holland) 		First Nations Child & Family Caring Society of Canada
2024-02-06 General proceeding, Undertaking Lockup
(Naiomi W. Metallic) 		First Nations Child & Family Caring Society of Canada
2024-02-06 General proceeding, Undertaking Lockup
(David Taylor) 		First Nations Child & Family Caring Society of Canada
2024-02-06 General proceeding, Undertaking Lockup
(Leah McDaniel) 		Attorney General of Alberta
2024-02-06 General proceeding, Undertaking Lockup
(Angela Edgington) 		Attorney General of Alberta
2024-02-05 General proceeding, Undertaking Lockup
(Mitchell Goldenberg) 		Nishnawbe Aski Nation
2024-02-05 General proceeding, Undertaking Lockup
(Julian N. Falconer) 		Nishnawbe Aski Nation
2024-02-05 General proceeding, Undertaking Lockup
(Kristie Tsang) 		Inuvialuit Regional Corporation
2024-02-05 General proceeding, Undertaking Lockup
(Benoît Amyot) 		Regroupement Petapan
2024-02-05 General proceeding, Undertaking Lockup
(Christopher Rapson) 		Nishnawbe Aski Nation
2024-02-05 General proceeding, Undertaking Lockup
(Gib van Ert) 		Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs, First Nations Summit of British Columbia and British Columbia Assembly of First Nations
2024-02-05 General proceeding, Undertaking Lockup
(Katherine Hensel) 		Inuvialuit Regional Corporation
2024-02-05 General proceeding, Undertaking Lockup
(Marie-Claude André-Grégoire) 		Innu Takuaikan Uashat Mak Mani-Utenam (ITUM), agissant comme bande traditionnelle et au nom des Innus de Uashat Mak Mani-Utenam
2024-02-05 General proceeding, Undertaking Lockup
(Craig Gilchrist) 		Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs
2023-10-06 General proceeding, (Letter Form), Undertaking Lock-Up
(Francis Demers)
 Attorney General of Québec
2023-09-26 General proceeding, (Letter Form), Undertaking Lock-Up
(Keven Ajmo)
 Conseil des Atikamekw d'Opitciwan
2023-09-26 General proceeding, (Letter Form), Undertaking Lock-Up
(Frédéric Boily)
 Conseil des Atikamekw d'Opitciwan
2023-09-13 General proceeding, (Letter Form), Undertaking Lock-Up
(Joëlle Pastora Sala)
 First Nations Family Advocate Office
2023-09-12 General proceeding, (Letter Form), Undertaking Lock-Up
(Kathryn Hart)
 Attorney General of Manitoba
2023-09-12 General proceeding, (Letter Form), Undertaking Lock-Up
(Deborah Carlson)
 Attorney General of Manitoba
2023-09-12 Notice of change of counsel, (Letter Form) Attorney General of Manitoba
2023-09-11 General proceeding, (Letter Form), Undertaking Lock-Up
(Michael Seed)
 Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations
2023-08-21 General proceeding, (Letter Form), Undertaking Lock-Up
(David Outerbridge)
 Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs
2023-07-26 General proceeding, (Letter Form), Undertaking Lock-Up
(François G. Tremblay)
 Regroupement Petapan
2023-07-25 General proceeding, (Letter Form), Undertaking Lock-Up
(Christina Caron)
 Regroupement Petapan
2023-07-24 General proceeding, (Letter Form), Undertaking Lock-Up
(Claire Truesdale)
 Aseniwuche Winewak Nation of Canada
2023-07-19 General proceeding, (Letter Form), Undertaking Lock-Up
(Mira Levasseur Moreau)
 Assembly of First Nations Quebec-Labrador (AFNQL)
2023-07-19 General proceeding, (Letter Form), Undertaking Lock-Up
(Laurence Migué)
 Assembly of First Nations Quebec-Labrador (AFNQL)
2023-07-19 General proceeding, (Letter Form), Undertaking Lock-Up
(Gabrielle Champigny)
 Assembly of First Nations Quebec-Labrador (AFNQL)
2023-07-19 General proceeding, (Letter Form), Undertaking Lock-Up
(Franklin S. Gertler)
 Assembly of First Nations Quebec-Labrador (AFNQL)
2023-07-19 General proceeding, (Letter Form), Undertaking Lock-Up
(Hadrien Burlone)
 Assembly of First Nations Quebec-Labrador (AFNQL)
2023-07-18 General proceeding, (Letter Form), Undertaking Lock-Up
(Tammy Shoranick)
 Council of Yukon First Nations
2023-07-17 General proceeding, (Letter Form), Undertaking Lock-Up
(Samuel Chayer)
 Attorney General of Québec
2023-07-17 General proceeding, (Letter Form), Undertaking Lock-Up
(Heather Cochran)
 Attorney General of British Columbia
2023-07-17 General proceeding, (Letter Form), Undertaking Lock-Up
(Leah Greathead)
 Attorney General of British Columbia
2023-07-13 General proceeding, (Letter Form), Undertaking Lock-Up
(Amelia Couture)
 Attorney General of Canada
2023-07-13 General proceeding, (Letter Form), Undertaking Lock-Up
(Lindy Rouillard-Labbé)
 Attorney General of Canada
2023-07-13 General proceeding, (Letter Form), Undertaking Lock-Up
(Andréane Joanette-Laflamme)
 Attorney General of Canada
2023-07-13 General proceeding, (Letter Form), Undertaking Lock-Up
(François Joyal)
 Attorney General of Canada
2023-07-13 General proceeding, (Letter Form), Undertaking Lock-Up
(Bernard Letarte)
 Attorney General of Canada
2023-07-12 General proceeding, (Letter Form), Undertaking Lock-Up
(Emilie N. Lahaie)
 Métis National Council, Métis Nation-Saskatchewan, Métis Nation of Alberta, Métis Nation British Columbia, Métis Nation of Ontario and Les femmes Michif Otipemisiwak
2023-07-12 General proceeding, (Letter Form), Undertaking Lock-Up
(Matthew Parent)
 Attorney General of Alberta
2023-07-12 General proceeding, (Letter Form), Undertaking Lock-Up
(Nicholas Parker)
 Attorney General of Alberta
2023-07-12 General proceeding, (Letter Form), Undertaking Lock-Up
(Kira Poirier)
 Native Women's Association of Canada
2023-07-12 General proceeding, (Letter Form), Undertaking Lock-Up
(Allison Fenske)
 First Nations Family Advocate Office
2023-07-11 General proceeding, (Letter Form), Undertaking Lock-Up
(Robin Campbell)
 Makivik Corporation
2023-07-11 General proceeding, (Letter Form), Undertaking Lock-Up
(Brent Murphy)
 Tribal Chiefs Ventures Inc.
2023-07-11 General proceeding, (Letter Form), Undertaking Lock-Up
(Scott A. Smith)
 Carrier Sekani Family Services Society, Cheslatta Carrier Nation, Nadleh Whuten, Saik'uz First Nation and Stellat'en First Nation
2023-07-11 General proceeding, (Letter Form), Undertaking Lock-Up
(Maxime Faille)
 Vancouver Aboriginal Child and Family Services Society
2023-07-11 General proceeding, (Letter Form), Undertaking Lock-Up
(Paul Seaman)
 Indigenous Bar Association in Canada
2023-07-11 General proceeding, (Letter Form), Undertaking Lock-Up
(Keith Brown)
 Vancouver Aboriginal Child and Family Services Society
2023-07-11 General proceeding, (Letter Form), Undertaking Lock-Up
(Alexander DeParde)
 Métis National Council, Métis Nation-Saskatchewan, Métis Nation of Alberta, Métis Nation British Columbia, Métis Nation of Ontario and Les femmes Michif Otipemisiwak
2023-07-11 General proceeding, (Letter Form), Undertaking Lock-Up - Amended rec'd 2024-02-02
(Jason T. Madden)
 Métis National Council, Métis Nation-Saskatchewan, Métis Nation of Alberta, Métis Nation British Columbia, Métis Nation of Ontario and Les femmes Michif Otipemisiwak
2023-07-11 General proceeding, (Letter Form), Undertaking Lock-Up
(Ryland N. Weyman)
 Listuguj Mi'Gmaq Government
2023-07-11 General proceeding, (Letter Form), Undertaking Lock-Up
(Zachary Davis)
 Listuguj Mi'Gmaq Government
2023-07-11 General proceeding, (Letter Form), Undertaking Lock-Up
(Hubert Noreau-Simpson)
 Attorney General of Québec
2023-07-11 General proceeding, (Letter Form), Undertaking Lock-Up
(Ashley Hamp-Gonsalves)
 NunatuKavut Community Council
2023-07-11 General proceeding, (Letter Form), Undertaking Lock-Up
(Jason T. Cooke)
 NunatuKavut Community Council
2023-07-11 General proceeding, (Letter Form), Undertaking Lock-Up
(Robert John McCarthy Janes, K.C.)
 Grand Council of Treaty #3
2023-07-11 General proceeding, (Letter Form), Undertaking Lock-Up
(Nuri G. Frame)
 Makivik Corporation
2023-07-11 General proceeding, (Letter Form), Undertaking Lock-Up
(Kathryn Tucker)
 Makivik Corporation
2023-07-11 General proceeding, (Letter Form), Undertaking Lock-Up
(Natai Shelsen)
 David Asper Centre for Constitutional Rights
2023-07-11 General proceeding, (Letter Form), Undertaking Lock-Up
(Jessica Orkin)
 David Asper Centre for Constitutional Rights
2023-07-10 General proceeding, (Letter Form), Undertaking Lock-Up
(Rose Victoria Adams)
 Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations
2023-07-10 General proceeding, (Letter Form), Undertaking Lock-Up - Amended rec'd 2024-02-05
(Nicholas Dodd)
 Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations
2023-07-10 General proceeding, (Letter Form), Undertaking Lock-Up
(Kate Darling)
 Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, Nunatsiavut Government and Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated
2023-07-10 General proceeding, (Letter Form), Undertaking Lock-Up
(Stuart Wuttke)
 Assembly of First Nations
2023-07-10 General proceeding, (Letter Form), Undertaking Lock-Up
(Adam Williamson)
 Assembly of First Nations
2023-07-10 General proceeding, (Letter Form), Undertaking Lock-Up
(Hafeez Khan)
 Peguis Child and Family Services
2023-07-07 General proceeding, (Letter Form), Undertaking Lock-Up
(Jesse Abell)
 Chiefs of Ontario
2023-07-07 General proceeding, (Letter Form), Undertaking Lock-Up
(Krista Nerland)
 Chiefs of Ontario
2023-07-07 General proceeding, (Letter Form), Undertaking Lock-Up
(Maggie Wente)
 Chiefs of Ontario
2023-07-07 General proceeding, (Letter Form), Undertaking Lock-Up
(Glynnis Hawe)
 Congress of Aboriginal Peoples
2023-07-07 General proceeding, (Letter Form), Undertaking Lock-Up
(Andrew Lokan)
 Congress of Aboriginal Peoples
2023-07-07 General proceeding, (Letter Form), Undertaking Lock-Up
(Natalia Sudeyko)
 First Nations of the Maa-Nulth Treaty Society
2023-07-07 General proceeding, (Letter Form), Undertaking Lock-Up
(Lisa C. Glowacki)
 First Nations of the Maa-Nulth Treaty Society
2023-07-07 General proceeding, (Letter Form), Undertaking Lock-Up
(Maegen M. Giltrow, K.C.)
 First Nations of the Maa-Nulth Treaty Society
2023-07-07 General proceeding, (Letter Form), Undertaking Lock-Up
(Allison Spiegel)
 Canadian Constitution Foundation
2023-07-07 General proceeding, (Letter Form), Undertaking Lock-Up
(Trisha Paradis)
 Attorney General of the Northwest Territories
2023-07-07 General proceeding, (Letter Form), Undertaking Lock-Up
(Earl C. Stevenson)
 Peguis Child and Family Services
2023-07-07 General proceeding, (Letter Form), Undertaking Lock-Up
(Aaron Christoff)
 Tribal Chiefs Ventures Inc.
2023-07-07 General proceeding, (Letter Form), Undertaking Lock-Up
(James M. Coady, K.C.)
 Council of Yukon First Nations
2023-07-07 General proceeding, (Letter Form), Undertaking Lock-Up
(Sandra Jungles)
 Attorney General of the Northwest Territories
2023-07-07 General proceeding, (Letter Form), Undertaking Lock-Up
(William B. Henderson)
 Lands Advisory Board
2023-07-07 General proceeding, (Letter Form), Undertaking Lock-Up
(John C.T. Inglis)
 Attorney General of the Northwest Territories
2023-07-07 General proceeding, (Letter Form), Undertaking Lock-Up
(James A. O’Reilly)
 Innu Takuaikan Uashat Mak Mani-Utenam (ITUM), agissant comme bande traditionnelle et au nom des Innus de Uashat Mak Mani-Utenam
2023-07-07 General proceeding, (Letter Form), Undertaking Lock-Up
(Simon Bouthillier)
 Canadian Constitution Foundation
2023-07-07 General proceeding, (Letter Form), Undertaking Lock-Up
(Sarah Niman)
 Native Women's Association of Canada
2023-07-07 Media lock-up letter, consent form and undertaking sample sent to all parties
2023-01-10 Media lock-up requested or proposed
2022-12-20 Transcript received, Day 1 - 201 pages
Day 2 - 176 pages
2022-12-08 Judgment reserved OR rendered with reasons to follow
2022-12-08 Hearing of the appeal, 2022-12-08, SECOND DAY, CJ Ka Côt Br Row Mar Kas Ja Ob
Judgment reserved
2022-12-07 Hearing of the appeal, 2022-12-07, FIRST DAY, CJ Ka Côt Br Row Mar Kas Ja Ob
2022-12-06 Intervener's condensed book, (Book Form), (Printed version due on 2022-12-13) Attorney General of the Northwest Territories
2022-12-05 Intervener's condensed book, (Book Form), (Printed version due on 2022-12-12) Attorney General of British Columbia
2022-12-05 Respondent's condensed book, (Book Form), (Printed version due on 2022-12-12) Assembly of First Nations
2022-12-05 Intervener's condensed book, (Book Form), (Printed version due on 2022-12-12) Nishnawbe Aski Nation
2022-12-05 Intervener's condensed book, (Book Form), (Printed version due on 2022-12-12) Makivik Corporation
2022-12-05 Intervener's condensed book, (Book Form), (Printed version due on 2022-12-12) Congress of Aboriginal Peoples
2022-12-05 Intervener's condensed book, (Book Form), (Printed version due on 2022-12-12) Aseniwuche Winewak Nation of Canada
2022-12-02 Respondent's condensed book, (Book Form), (Electronic version filed on 2022-12-05) Assembly of First Nations Quebec-Labrador (AFNQL)
2022-12-02 Intervener's condensed book, (Book Form), (Printed version filed on 2022-12-05) Innu Takuaikan Uashat Mak Mani-Utenam (ITUM), agissant comme bande traditionnelle et au nom des Innus de Uashat Mak Mani-Utenam
2022-12-02 Respondent's condensed book, (Book Form), (Electronic version filed on 2022-12-05) First Nations Child & Family Caring Society of Canada
2022-12-02 Intervener's condensed book, (Book Form), (Electronic version filed on 2022-12-05) Inuvialuit Regional Corporation
2022-12-02 Intervener's condensed book, (Book Form), (Electronic version filed on 2022-12-05) Peguis Child and Family Services
2022-12-02 Respondent's condensed book, (Book Form), (2 volumes), (Electronic version filed on 2022-12-05) Attorney General of Canada
2022-12-02 Appellant's condensed book, (Book Form), (Printed version due on 2022-12-09) Attorney General of Québec
2022-12-02 Intervener's condensed book, (Book Form), (Printed version due on 2022-12-09) Native Women's Association of Canada
2022-12-02 Intervener's condensed book, (Book Form), (Printed version due on 2022-12-09) First Nations of the Maa-Nulth Treaty Society
2022-12-02 Intervener's condensed book, (Book Form), (Printed version due on 2022-12-09) First Nations Family Advocate Office
2022-12-02 Intervener's condensed book, (Book Form), (Printed version due on 2022-12-09) NunatuKavut Community Council
2022-12-02 Intervener's condensed book, (Book Form), (Printed version due on 2022-12-09) Canadian Constitution Foundation
2022-11-16 Notice of appearance,
2022-11-14
First Nations of the Maa-nulth Treaty Society (Intervener)
Maegen M. Giltrow, KC, Lisa Glowacki and Natalia Sudeyko will appear before the Court. Maegen M. Giltrow, KC will present oral argument.

Inuvialuit Regional Corporation (Intervener)
Katherine Hensel, Kristie Tsang and Todd Orvitz will appear before the Court. Katherine Hensel will present oral argument.
Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs (Intervener)
David Outerbridge, Craig Gilchrist and Rebecca Amoah will appear before the Court. David Outerbridge will present oral argument.

2022-11-15

Aseniwuche Winewak Nation of Canada (Respondent)
Claire Truesdale will appear before the Court and will present oral argument.

Attorney General of Alberta (Intervener)
Nicholas Parker, Matthew Parent and Angela J. Croteau will appear before the Court. Nicholas Parker will present oral argument.

Attorney General of Canada (Respondent / Appellant)
Me François Joyal, Me Bernard Letarte, Me Andréane Joanette-Laflamme and Me Lindy Rouillard-Labbé will appear before the Court. Me Bernard Letarte and Me François Joyal will present oral argument.

Attorney General of the Northwest Territories (Intervener)
Trisha Paradis, Sandra Jungles and John C.T Inglis will appear before the Court. Trisha Paradis will present oral argument.

Makivik Corporation (Respondent)
Kathryn Tucker, Nuri Frame and Robin Campbell will appear before the Court. Kathryn Tucker will present oral argument.

Procureur général du Québec (Appellant / Respondent)
Me Samuel Chayer, Me Francis Demers, Me Tania Clercq and Me Hubert Noreau-Simpson will appear before the Court. Me Samuel Chayer and Me Francis Demers will present oral argument.

Nishnawbe Aski Nation (Intervener)
Julian Falconer, Christopher Rapson et Mitchell Goldenberg will appear before the Court. Julian Falconer will present oral argument.

2022-11-16

Attorney General of British Columbia (Intervener)
Leah Greathead and Heather Cochran will appear before the Court. Leah Greathead will present oral argument.

Assembly of First Nations Quebec-Labrador (AFNQL) and First Nations of Quebec and Labrador Health and Social Services Commission (FNQLHSSC) (Respondent / Intervener)
Me Franklin S. Gertler, Me Hadrien Burlone, Me Gabrielle Champigny, Me Leila Ben Messaoud and Me Mira Levasseur Moreau will appear before the Court. Me Franklin S. Gertler and Me Hadrien Burlone will present oral argument. 		Attorney General of Québec
2022-11-14 Intervener's book of authorities, (Book Form), Completed on: 2022-11-18, (Printed version filed on 2022-11-16) Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs
2022-11-14 Intervener's factum, (Book Form), Completed on: 2022-11-18, (Printed version filed on 2022-11-16) Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs
2022-11-14 Intervener's factum, (Book Form), Completed on: 2022-11-18, (Printed version filed on 2022-11-15) Nishnawbe Aski Nation
2022-11-14 Intervener's book of authorities, (Book Form), Completed on: 2022-11-18, (Printed version filed on 2022-11-16) First Nations Family Advocate Office
2022-11-14 Intervener's factum, (Book Form), Completed on: 2022-11-18, (Printed version filed on 2022-11-16) First Nations Family Advocate Office
2022-11-14 Intervener's book of authorities, (Book Form), Completed on: 2022-11-18, (Printed version filed on 2022-11-14) Regroupement Petapan
2022-11-14 Intervener's factum, (Book Form), Completed on: 2022-11-18, (Printed version filed on 2022-11-14) Regroupement Petapan
2022-11-14 Intervener's book of authorities, (Book Form), Completed on: 2022-11-18, (Printed version filed on 2022-11-16) David Asper Centre for Constitutional Rights
2022-11-14 Intervener's factum, (Book Form), Completed on: 2022-11-18, (Printed version filed on 2022-11-16) David Asper Centre for Constitutional Rights
2022-11-14 Intervener's factum, (Book Form), Completed on: 2022-11-18, (Printed version filed on 2022-11-17) Conseil des Atikamekw d'Opitciwan
2022-11-14 Intervener's book of authorities, (Book Form), Completed on: 2022-11-18, (Printed version filed on 2022-11-15) First Nations of the Maa-Nulth Treaty Society
2022-11-14 Intervener's factum, (Book Form), Completed on: 2022-11-18, (Printed version filed on 2022-11-15) First Nations of the Maa-Nulth Treaty Society
2022-11-14 Intervener's factum, (Book Form), Completed on: 2022-11-18, (Printed version due on 2022-11-21) NunatuKavut Community Council
2022-11-14 Intervener's book of authorities, (Book Form), Completed on: 2022-11-18, (Printed version filed on 2022-11-14) Congress of Aboriginal Peoples
2022-11-14 Intervener's factum, (Book Form), Completed on: 2022-11-18, (Printed version filed on 2022-11-14) Congress of Aboriginal Peoples
2022-11-14 Intervener's factum, (Book Form), Completed on: 2022-11-18, (Printed version filed on 2022-11-14) Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, Nunatsiavut Government and Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated
2022-11-14 Intervener's book of authorities, (Book Form), Completed on: 2022-11-18, (Printed version filed on 2022-11-17) Canadian Constitution Foundation
2022-11-14 Intervener's factum, (Book Form), Completed on: 2022-11-18, (Printed version filed on 2022-11-17) Canadian Constitution Foundation
2022-11-14 Intervener's factum, (Book Form), Completed on: 2022-11-18, (Printed version filed on 2022-11-14) Métis National Council, Métis Nation-Saskatchewan, Métis Nation of Alberta, Métis Nation British Columbia, Métis Nation of Ontario and Les femmes Michif Otipemisiwak
2022-11-14 Intervener's factum, (Book Form), Completed on: 2022-11-18, (Printed version filed on 2022-11-14) Inuvialuit Regional Corporation
2022-11-14 Intervener's book of authorities, (Book Form), Completed on: 2022-11-18, (Printed version filed on 2022-11-14) Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs, First Nations Summit of British Columbia and British Columbia Assembly of First Nations
2022-11-14 Intervener's factum, (Book Form), Completed on: 2022-11-18, (Printed version filed on 2022-11-14) Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs, First Nations Summit of British Columbia and British Columbia Assembly of First Nations
2022-11-14 Intervener's factum, (Book Form), Completed on: 2022-11-18, (Printed version filed on 2022-11-14) Lands Advisory Board
2022-11-14 Intervener's factum, (Book Form), Completed on: 2022-11-18, (Printed version filed on 2022-11-14) Peguis Child and Family Services
2022-11-14 Intervener's factum, (Book Form), Completed on: 2022-11-18, (Printed version filed on 2022-11-14) Tribal Chiefs Ventures Inc.
2022-11-14 Intervener's factum, (Book Form), Completed on: 2022-11-18, (Printed version filed on 2022-11-14) Indigenous Bar Association in Canada
2022-11-14 Intervener's factum, (Book Form), Completed on: 2022-11-18, (Printed version filed on 2022-11-14) Carrier Sekani Family Services Society, Cheslatta Carrier Nation, Nadleh Whuten, Saik'uz First Nation and Stellat'en First Nation
2022-11-14 Intervener's book of authorities, (Book Form), Completed on: 2022-11-18, (Printed version due on 2022-11-21) Council of Yukon First Nations
2022-11-14 Intervener's factum, (Book Form), Completed on: 2022-11-18, (Printed version filed on 2022-11-14) Council of Yukon First Nations
2022-11-14 Intervener's book of authorities, (Book Form), Completed on: 2022-11-17, (Printed version filed on 2022-11-14) Listuguj Mi'Gmaq Government
2022-11-14 Intervener's factum, (Book Form), Completed on: 2022-11-17, (Printed version filed on 2022-11-14) Listuguj Mi'Gmaq Government
2022-11-14 Intervener's factum, (Book Form), Completed on: 2022-11-17, (Printed version filed on 2022-11-17) Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations
2022-11-14 Intervener's factum, (Book Form), Completed on: 2022-11-17, (Printed version filed on 2022-11-14) Vancouver Aboriginal Child and Family Services Society
2022-11-14 Intervener's book of authorities, (Book Form), Completed on: 2022-11-17, (Printed version filed on 2022-11-14) Innu Takuaikan Uashat Mak Mani-Utenam (ITUM), agissant comme bande traditionnelle et au nom des Innus de Uashat Mak Mani-Utenam
2022-11-14 Intervener's factum, (Book Form), Completed on: 2022-11-17, (Printed version filed on 2022-11-14) Innu Takuaikan Uashat Mak Mani-Utenam (ITUM), agissant comme bande traditionnelle et au nom des Innus de Uashat Mak Mani-Utenam
2022-11-14 Intervener's book of authorities, (Book Form), Completed on: 2022-11-17, (Printed version filed on 2022-11-15) Native Women's Association of Canada
2022-11-14 Intervener's factum, (Book Form), Completed on: 2022-11-17, (Printed version filed on 2022-11-15) Native Women's Association of Canada
2022-11-14 Intervener's book of authorities, (Book Form), Completed on: 2022-11-17, (Printed version filed on 2022-11-14) Grand Council of Treaty #3
2022-11-14 Intervener's factum, (Book Form), Completed on: 2022-11-17, (Printed version filed on 2022-11-14) Grand Council of Treaty #3
2022-11-14 Intervener's factum, (Book Form), Completed on: 2022-11-17, (Printed version filed on 2022-11-14) Chiefs of Ontario
2022-11-14 Correspondence received from, re: co-counsel Inuvialuit Regional Corporation
2022-11-14 Notice of appearance, 2022-11-10

Canadian Constitution Foundation (Intervener)
Jesse Hartery, Simon Bouthillier and Allison Spiegel will appear before the Court. Jesse Hartery will present oral argument.

Lands Advisory Board (Intervener)
William B. Henderson will appear before the Court and will present oral argument.

Indigenous Bar Association (Intervener)
Paul Seaman and Cam Cameron will appear before the Court. Paul Seaman will present oral argument.

Tribal Chiefs Ventures Inc. (Intervener)
Aaron Christoff and Brent Murphy will appear before the Court. Aaron Christoff will present oral argument.

Innu Takuaikan Uashat mak Mani-utenam (Intervener)
Me Marie-Claude André-Grégoire and Me James O’Reilly will appear before the Court. Me Marie-Claude André-Grégoire will present oral argument.

Vancouver Aboriginal Child and Family Services Society (Intervener)
Maxime Faille and Keith Brown will appear before the Court. Keith Brown will present oral argument.

Carrier Sekani Family Services Society, Cheslatta Carrier Nation, Nadleh Whuten, Saik’uz First Nation, Stellat’en First Nation (Intervener)
Scott A. Smith will appear before the Court and will present oral argument.

British Columbia Assembly of First Nations, First Nations Summit of British Columbia, and the Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs (Intervener)
Gib van Ert and Fraser Harland will appear before the Court. Gib van Ert will present oral argument.

Chiefs of Ontario (Intervener)
Maggie Wente, Krista Nerland and Jesse Abell will appear before the Court. Maggie Wente will present oral argument.

Grand Council of Treaty 3 (Intervener)
Robert Janes and Naomi Moses will appear before the Court. Robert Janes will present oral argument.

Regroupement Petapan (Intervener)
Me François G. Tremblay, Me Benoît Amyot, Me Christina Caron and Me Thomas Dougherty will appear before the Court. Me François G. Tremblay and Me Christina Caron will present oral argument.


Native Women’s Association of Canada (Intervener)
Sarah Niman and Kira Poirier will appear before the Court. Sarah Niman will present oral argument.

Listuguj M’gmaq Government (Intervener)
Zachary Davis and Ryland N. Weyman will appear before the Court. Zachary Davis will present oral argument.

2022-11-14

Council of Yukon First Nations (Intervener)
Tammy Shoranick, James M. Coady, K.C. and Daryn Leas will appear before the Court. Tammy Shoranick will present oral argument.

Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, Nunatsiavut Government and Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated (Intervener)
Brian A.Crane, K.C., Graham S. Ragan, Alyssa Flaherty-Spence and Kate Darling will appear before the Court. Alyssa Flaherty-Spence will present oral argument.

Conseil des Atikamekw d’Opitciwan (Intervener)
Me Keven Ajmo and Me Frédéric Boily will appear before the Court. Me Keven Ajmo will present oral argument. 		Grand Council of Treaty #3
2022-11-10 Notice of appearance, 2022-11-08
NunatuKavut Community Council (Intervener)
Ashley Hamp-Gonsalves and Jason T. Cooke will appear before the Court. Jason T. Cooke will present argument.

Congress of Aboriginal Peoples (Intervener)
Andrew Lokan and Glynnis Hawe will appear before the Court. Andrew Lokan will present argument.

2022-11-09

Attorney General of Manitoba (Intervener)
Heather Leonoff, K.C. and Kathryn Hart will appear before the Court. Heather Leonoff, K.C. will present argument.

First Nations Family Advocates Office (Intervener)
Joëlle Pastora Sala and Allison Fenske will appear before the Court. Joëlle Pastora Sala will present oral argument.

David Asper Centre for Constitutional Rights (Intervener)
Jessica Orkin, Natai Shelsen and Cheryl Milne will appear before the Court. Jessica Orkin will present oral argument.

Assembly of First Nations (Respondent/Intervener)
Stuart Wuttke and Adam Williamson will appear before the Court and will present oral argument.

Peguis Child and Family Services (Intervener)
Hafeez A. Khan and Earl C. Stevenson will appear before the Court. Earl C. Stevenson will present oral argument.

First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada (Respondent/Intervener)
Naiomi Metallic, Alyssa Holland, and David Taylor will appear before the Court. Naiomi Metallic will present oral argument.

Métis National Council, Métis Nation-Saskatchewan, Métis Nation of Alberta, Métis Nation British Columbia, Métis Nation of Ontario, and Les Femmes Michif Otipemisiwak (Joint Métis Interveners)
Jason Madden, Alexander DeParde and Emilie Lahaie will appear before the Court. Jason Madden will present oral argument.
 Assembly of First Nations
2022-11-08 Correspondence (sent by the Court) to, all parties; Letter of direction relating to upcoming hearing
2022-11-07 Certificate (on limitations to public access), 23B-Reply Attorney General of Canada
2022-11-04 Reply factum on appeal, (Book Form), Reply to interveners, Attorneys General

Received: Translation for the Reply (2022-11-10), Completed on: 2022-11-08, (Printed version due on 2022-11-14) 		Attorney General of Canada
2022-11-04 Certificate (on limitations to public access), (Letter Form), 23B-Reply, (Printed version filed on 2022-11-08) Attorney General of Québec
2022-11-04 Other book of authorities, (Book Form), Completed on: 2022-11-07, (Printed version filed on 2022-11-08) Attorney General of Québec
2022-11-04 Reply factum on appeal, (Book Form), Reply to interveners, Attorneys General, Completed on: 2022-11-07, (Printed version filed on 2022-11-08) Attorney General of Québec
2022-10-31 Correspondence received from, Notice of change - Co-counsel Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations
2022-10-21 Correspondence received from, Notice of change - Information / Agent Native Women's Association of Canada
2022-10-21 Intervener's book of authorities, (Book Form), Completed on: 2022-10-23, (Printed version filed on 2022-10-21) Attorney General of the Northwest Territories
2022-10-21 Intervener's factum, (Book Form), Completed on: 2022-10-23, (Printed version filed on 2022-10-21) Attorney General of the Northwest Territories
2022-10-21 Intervener's factum, (Book Form), Completed on: 2022-10-23, (Printed version filed on 2022-10-21) Attorney General of Manitoba
2022-10-21 Intervener's book of authorities, (Book Form), Completed on: 2022-10-23, (Printed version filed on 2022-10-21) Attorney General of Alberta
2022-10-21 Intervener's factum, (Book Form), Completed on: 2022-10-23, (Printed version filed on 2022-10-21) Attorney General of Alberta
2022-10-21 Intervener's factum, (Book Form), Completed on: 2022-10-23, (Printed version filed on 2022-10-21) Attorney General of British Columbia
2022-10-07 Order on motion for leave to intervene, by Justice Côté
2022-10-07 Order on motion to extend time, by Justice Côté
2022-10-07 Decision on the motion for leave to intervene, Côt, UPON APPLICATIONS by the Attorney General of the Northwest Territories for an order extending the time to serve and file their notice of intervention with respect to a constitutional question, and by Zagime Anishinabek and Tsleil-Waututh Nation for an order extending the time to serve and file their motions for leave to intervene;

AND UPON APPLICATIONS by Grand Council of Treaty #3; Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug First Nation; Innu Takuaikan Uashat Mak Mani-Utenam (ITUM), acting as a traditional band and on behalf of the Innu of Uashat Mak Mani-Utenam; South Island Indigenous Authority Society; Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations; Peguis Child and Family Services; Cowessess First Nation; Gwa’sala-’Nakwaxda’Xw Nations; Louis Bull Tribe; Native Women’s Association of Canada; Council of Yukon First Nations; Indigenous Bar Association; Chiefs of Ontario; Inuvialuit Regional Corporation; Splatsin; Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, Nunatsiavut Government and Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated (jointly); NunatuKavut Community Council; Lands Advisory Board; Métis National Council, Métis Nation — Saskatchewan, Métis Nation of Alberta, Métis Nation British Columbia, Métis Nation of Ontario and Les Femmes Michif Otipemisiwak (jointly); Listuguj Mi’Gmaq Government; Congress of Aboriginal Peoples; First Nations Family Advocate Office; Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs; First Nations of the Maa-Nulth Treaty Society; Sts’ailes; Tribal Chiefs Ventures Inc.; Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs, First Nations Summit of British Columbia and British Columbia Assembly of First Nations (jointly); David Asper Centre for Constitional Rights; Regroupement Petapan; Canadian Constitution Foundation; Mohawk Council of Kahnawà:ke; Carrier Sekani Family Services Society, Cheslatta Carrier Nation, Nadleh Whuten, Saik’uz First Nation and Stellat’en First Nation (jointly); Council of Atikamekw of Opitciwan; Vancouver Aboriginal Child and Family Services Society; Nishnawbe Aski Nation; Zagime Anishinabek and Tsleil-Waututh Nation for leave to intervene in the above appeals;

AND THE MATERIAL FILED having been read;

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT:

The three (3) motions for an extension of time are granted.

The motions for leave to intervene filed by Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninywug First Nation; South Island Indigenous Authority Society; Cowessess First Nation; Gwa’sala-’Nakwaxda’Xw Nations; Louis Bull Tribe; Splatsin; Sts’ailes; Mohawk Council of Kahnawà:ke; Zagime Anishinabek and Tsleil-Waututh Nation are dismissed.

The motions for leave to intervene filed by Grand Council of Treaty #3; Innu Takuaikan Uashat Mak Mani-Utenam (ITUM), acting as a traditional band and on behalf of the Innu of Uashat Mak Mani-Utenam; Federation of Soverreign Indigenous Nations; Peguis Child and Family Services; Native Women’s Association of Canada; Council of Yukon First Nations; Indigenous Bar Association; Chiefs of Ontario; Inuvialuit Regional Corporation; Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, Nunatsiavut Government and Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated (jointly); NunatuKavut Community Council; Lands Advisory Board; Métis National Council, Métis Nation-Saskatchewan, Métis Nation of Alberta, Métis Nation British Columbia, Métis Nation of Ontario and Les femmes Michif Otipemisiwak (jointly); Listuguj Mi’Gmaq Government; Congress of Aboriginal Peoples; First Nations Family Advocate Office; Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs; First Nations of the Maa-Nulth Treaty Society; Tribal Chiefs Ventures Inc.; Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs, First Nations Summit of British Columbia and British Columbia Assembly of First Nations (jointly); David Asper Centre for Constitutional Rights; Regroupement Petapan; Canadian Constitution Foundation; Carrier Sekani Family Services Society, Cheslatta Carrier Nation, Nadleh Whuten, Saik’uz First Nation and Stellat’en First Nation (jointly); Council of Atikamekw of Opitciwan; Vancouver Aboriginal Child and Family Services Society et Nishnawbe Aski Nation are granted and the twenty-seven (27) interveners or groups of interveners shall each be entitled to serve and file a factum not to exceed ten (10) pages in length on or before November 14, 2022.

The twenty-seven (27) interveners or groups of interveners are each granted permission to present oral argument not exceeding five (5) minutes at the hearing of the appeals.

The interveners or groups of interveners are not entitled to raise new issues or to adduce further evidence or otherwise to supplement the record of the parties.

The Attorneys General of Manitoba, British Columbia, Alberta and the Northwest Territories, intervening on a constitutional questional in the appeal by the Attorney General for Quebec, are each granted permission to present oral argument not exceeding ten (10) minutes at the hearing of the appeals.

The Attorney General for Quebec and the Attorney General of Canada are each permitted to serve and file a single factum in reply to the factums by the intervener Attorneys General, not to exceed ten (10) pages in length on or before November 4, 2022.

Pursuant to Rule 59(1)(a) of the Rules of the Supreme Court of Canada, the interveners or groups of interveners shall pay to the appellants and the respondents any additional disbursements resulting from their interventions.

Allowed in part
2022-10-07 Decision on motion to extend time, Côt, *see decision on interventions
Granted
2022-10-07 Submission of motion to extend time, (3 motions), Côt
2022-10-07 Submission of motion for leave to intervene, (37 motions), Côt
2022-10-06 Certificate (on limitations to public access), (Letter Form), 23B, (Printed version filed on 2022-10-12) Attorney General of Québec
2022-10-06 Respondent's book of authorities, (Book Form), Completed on: 2022-10-21, (Printed version filed on 2022-10-12) Attorney General of Québec
2022-10-06 Respondent's factum, (Book Form), Completed on: 2022-10-21, (Printed version filed on 2022-10-12) Attorney General of Québec
2022-10-03 Response to the motion for leave to intervene, (Letter Form), Completed on: 2022-10-04 First Nations Child & Family Caring Society of Canada
2022-09-27 Notice of name, (Letter Form), (Printed version filed on 2022-09-28) Tsleil-Waututh Nation
2022-09-27 Motion to extend time, (Book Form), (Included in the motion for leave to intervene), Completed on: 2022-09-28 Tsleil-Waututh Nation
2022-09-27 Motion for leave to intervene, (Book Form), MISSING: Filing Fee, Incomplete, (Printed version filed on 2022-09-28) Tsleil-Waututh Nation
2022-09-26 Notice of name, (Letter Form) Zagime Anishinabek
2022-09-26 Correspondence received from, (Letter Form), Pierre Landry. Re: appellant requests permission to file a reply factum Attorney General of Québec
2022-09-26 Response to motion to extend time, (Letter Form), (AGNWT and Zagime Anishinabek), Completed on: 2022-09-28 Attorney General of Canada
2022-09-22 Response to the motion for leave to intervene, (Letter Form), Completed on: 2022-09-23 Assembly of First Nations
2022-09-22 Response to the motion for leave to intervene, (Letter Form), Completed on: 2022-09-23 Assembly of First Nations Quebec-Labrador (AFNQL)
2022-09-22 Response to the motion for leave to intervene, (Letter Form), Completed on: 2022-09-23 Attorney General of Québec
2022-09-22 Correspondence received from, Email from Karen Collins, Re: change of counsel Attorney General of Manitoba
2022-09-22 Response to motion to extend time, Completed on: 2022-09-22 First Nations Child & Family Caring Society of Canada
2022-09-22 Response to the motion for leave to intervene, (Letter Form), Completed on: 2022-09-22 Attorney General of Canada
2022-09-22 Motion to extend time, (Book Form), to serve and file the notice of intervention on a constitutional question
MISSING: Filing Fee, Incomplete, (Printed version due on 2022-09-29) 		Attorney General of the Northwest Territories
2022-09-20 Motion to extend time, (Book Form), (Included in the motion for leave to intervene), Completed on: 2022-09-21 Zagime Anishinabek
2022-09-20 Motion for leave to intervene, (Book Form), MISSING:
Filing Fee, Incomplete, (Printed version filed on 2022-09-26) 		Zagime Anishinabek
2022-09-16 Notice of intervention respecting a constitutional question, MISSING:
Motion for extension of time, Incomplete 		Attorney General of the Northwest Territories
2022-09-14 Order on miscellaneous motion, by CÔTÉ J.
2022-09-14 Decision on miscellaneous motion, Côt, UPON APPLICATION by the respondent, the First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada, for an order granting them permission to serve and file their record before the Court of Appeal of Quebec in lieu of a respondent’s record as required under Rule 39 of the Rules of the Supreme Court of Canada and for an order dispensing them from the requirement to provide hard copies of said record, pursuant to Rule 41 of the Rules of the Supreme Court of Canada;

AND THE MATERIAL FILED having been read;

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT:

The motion is granted.

The respondent, the First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada, may serve and file their record before the Court of Appeal of Quebec and it shall be accepted as the respondent’s record.

The requirement to file the printed version of said record is waived, unless otherwise requested by the Court or a judge of the Court at a later date.

Granted
2022-09-14 Submission of miscellaneous motion, Côt
2022-09-12 Certificate (on limitations to public access), (Letter Form), (Printed version filed on 2022-09-13) NunatuKavut Community Council
2022-09-12 Other book of authorities, (Book Form), Completed on: 2022-11-03, (Printed version filed on 2022-09-13) First Nations Family Advocate Office
2022-09-12 Certificate (on limitations to public access), (Letter Form), (Printed version filed on 2022-09-13) First Nations Family Advocate Office
2022-09-12 Notice of name Nishnawbe Aski Nation
2022-09-12 Motion for leave to intervene, (Book Form), MISSING:
Filing Fee (rec'd 2022-09-13), Completed on: 2022-09-14, (Printed version filed on 2022-09-12) 		Nishnawbe Aski Nation
2022-09-12 Notice of name Vancouver Aboriginal Child and Family Services Society
2022-09-12 Motion for leave to intervene, (Book Form), MISSING:
Filing Fee, Incomplete, (Printed version filed on 2022-09-12) 		Vancouver Aboriginal Child and Family Services Society
2022-09-12 Notice of name Conseil des Atikamekw d'Opitciwan
2022-09-12 Motion for leave to intervene, (Book Form), Incomplete, (Printed version filed on 2022-09-14) Conseil des Atikamekw d'Opitciwan
2022-09-12 Notice of name Carrier Sekani Family Services Society, Cheslatta Carrier Nation, Nadleh Whuten, Saik'uz First Nation and Stellat'en First Nation
2022-09-12 Motion for leave to intervene, (Book Form), Completed on: 2022-11-24, (Printed version filed on 2022-09-12) Carrier Sekani Family Services Society, Cheslatta Carrier Nation, Nadleh Whuten, Saik'uz First Nation and Stellat'en First Nation
2022-09-12 Notice of name, (Letter Form), (Printed version filed on 2022-09-13) Mohawk Council of Kahnawà:ke
2022-09-12 Motion for leave to intervene, (Book Form), MISSING:
Filing Fee, Incomplete, (Printed version filed on 2022-09-13) 		Mohawk Council of Kahnawà:ke
2022-09-12 Notice of name Regroupement Petapan
2022-09-12 Motion for leave to intervene, (Book Form), MISSING:
Filing Fee, Incomplete, (Printed version filed on 2022-09-12) 		Regroupement Petapan
2022-09-12 Notice of name David Asper Centre for Constitutional Rights
2022-09-12 Motion for leave to intervene, (Book Form), Completed on: 2022-11-23, (Printed version filed on 2022-09-13) David Asper Centre for Constitutional Rights
2022-09-12 Notice of name, UBCIC Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs, First Nations Summit of British Columbia and British Columbia Assembly of First Nations
2022-09-12 Notice of name, FNSBC Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs, First Nations Summit of British Columbia and British Columbia Assembly of First Nations
2022-09-12 Notice of name, BCAFN Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs, First Nations Summit of British Columbia and British Columbia Assembly of First Nations
2022-09-12 Motion for leave to intervene, (Book Form), MISSING:
Filing Fee, Incomplete, (Printed version filed on 2022-09-12) 		Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs, First Nations Summit of British Columbia and British Columbia Assembly of First Nations
2022-09-12 Notice of name Tribal Chiefs Ventures Inc.
2022-09-12 Motion for leave to intervene, (Book Form), Incomplete, (Printed version filed on 2022-09-12) Tribal Chiefs Ventures Inc.
2022-09-12 Notice of name Sts'ailes
2022-09-12 Motion for leave to intervene, (Book Form), MISSING:
Filing Fee (rec'd 2022-09-13), Completed on: 2022-09-14, (Printed version filed on 2022-09-12) 		Sts'ailes
2022-09-12 Notice of name First Nations of the Maa-Nulth Treaty Society
2022-09-12 Motion for leave to intervene, (Book Form), MISSING:
Filing Fee (rec'd 2022-09-12), Completed on: 2022-09-14, (Printed version filed on 2022-09-12) 		First Nations of the Maa-Nulth Treaty Society
2022-09-12 Notice of name Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs
2022-09-12 Motion for leave to intervene, (Book Form), MISSING:
Filing Fee (rec'd 2022-09-12), Completed on: 2022-09-14, (Printed version filed on 2022-09-12) 		Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs
2022-09-12 Notice of name, (Letter Form), (Printed version filed on 2022-09-13) First Nations Family Advocate Office
2022-09-12 Motion for leave to intervene, (Book Form), MISSING:
Filing Fee, Incomplete, (Printed version filed on 2022-09-13) 		First Nations Family Advocate Office
2022-09-12 Notice of name Congress of Aboriginal Peoples
2022-09-12 Motion for leave to intervene, (Book Form), MISSING:
Filing Fee (rec'd 2022-09-12), Completed on: 2022-09-14, (Printed version filed on 2022-09-12) 		Congress of Aboriginal Peoples
2022-09-12 Notice of name Listuguj Mi'Gmaq Government
2022-09-12 Motion for leave to intervene, (Book Form), (2 volumes)
, Incomplete, (Printed version filed on 2022-09-12) 		Listuguj Mi'Gmaq Government
2022-09-12 Notice of name, MNS Métis National Council, Métis Nation-Saskatchewan, Métis Nation of Alberta, Métis Nation British Columbia, Métis Nation of Ontario and Les femmes Michif Otipemisiwak
2022-09-12 Notice of name, MNO Métis National Council, Métis Nation-Saskatchewan, Métis Nation of Alberta, Métis Nation British Columbia, Métis Nation of Ontario and Les femmes Michif Otipemisiwak
2022-09-12 Notice of name, MNC Métis National Council, Métis Nation-Saskatchewan, Métis Nation of Alberta, Métis Nation British Columbia, Métis Nation of Ontario and Les femmes Michif Otipemisiwak
2022-09-12 Notice of name, MNBC Métis National Council, Métis Nation-Saskatchewan, Métis Nation of Alberta, Métis Nation British Columbia, Métis Nation of Ontario and Les femmes Michif Otipemisiwak
2022-09-12 Notice of name, MNA Métis National Council, Métis Nation-Saskatchewan, Métis Nation of Alberta, Métis Nation British Columbia, Métis Nation of Ontario and Les femmes Michif Otipemisiwak
2022-09-12 Notice of name, LFMO Métis National Council, Métis Nation-Saskatchewan, Métis Nation of Alberta, Métis Nation British Columbia, Métis Nation of Ontario and Les femmes Michif Otipemisiwak
2022-09-12 Motion for leave to intervene, (Book Form), (4 volumes)
, Incomplete, (Printed version filed on 2022-09-12) 		Métis National Council, Métis Nation-Saskatchewan, Métis Nation of Alberta, Métis Nation British Columbia, Métis Nation of Ontario and Les femmes Michif Otipemisiwak
2022-09-12 Notice of name Lands Advisory Board
2022-09-12 Motion for leave to intervene, (Book Form), Completed on: 2022-11-24, (Printed version filed on 2022-09-12) Lands Advisory Board
2022-09-12 Notice of name, (Letter Form), (Printed version filed on 2022-09-13) NunatuKavut Community Council
2022-09-12 Motion for leave to intervene, (Book Form), MISSING:
Filing Fee, Incomplete, (Printed version filed on 2022-09-13) 		NunatuKavut Community Council
2022-09-12 Notice of name Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, Nunatsiavut Government and Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated
2022-09-12 Motion for leave to intervene, (Book Form), Completed on: 2022-10-24, (Printed version filed on 2022-09-12) Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, Nunatsiavut Government and Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated
2022-09-12 Notice of name Splatsin
2022-09-12 Motion for leave to intervene, (Book Form), Completed on: 2022-11-29, (Printed version filed on 2022-09-12) Splatsin
2022-09-12 Notice of name Inuvialuit Regional Corporation
2022-09-12 Motion for leave to intervene, (Book Form), Completed on: 2022-10-24, (Printed version filed on 2022-09-12) Inuvialuit Regional Corporation
2022-09-12 Notice of name Chiefs of Ontario
2022-09-12 Motion for leave to intervene, (Book Form), Completed on: 2022-10-24, (Printed version filed on 2022-09-12) Chiefs of Ontario
2022-09-12 Notice of name, Amended notice rec'd 2022/11/28 Indigenous Bar Association in Canada
2022-09-12 Motion for leave to intervene, (Book Form), Completed on: 2024-01-05, (Printed version filed on 2022-09-12) Indigenous Bar Association in Canada
2022-09-09 Certificate (on limitations to public access), (Letter Form), (Printed version filed on 2022-09-13) Canadian Constitution Foundation
2022-09-09 Certificate (on limitations to public access), 23A / 23B-Factum Assembly of First Nations
2022-09-09 Respondent's factum, (Book Form), Completed on: 2022-09-21, (Printed version filed on 2022-09-09) Assembly of First Nations
2022-09-09 Certificate (on limitations to public access), 23A-23B Aseniwuche Winewak Nation of Canada
2022-09-09 Notice of name Aseniwuche Winewak Nation of Canada
2022-09-09 Respondent's book of authorities, (Book Form), (2 volumes), Completed on: 2022-09-21, (Printed version filed on 2022-09-09) Aseniwuche Winewak Nation of Canada
2022-09-09 Respondent's factum, (Book Form), Amended factum (cover pages) rec'd 2022/10/22, Completed on: 2022-09-21, (Printed version filed on 2022-09-09) Aseniwuche Winewak Nation of Canada
2022-09-09 Certificate (on limitations to public access), 23B-Factum/Authorities Makivik Corporation
2022-09-09 Certificate (on limitations to public access), 23A Makivik Corporation
2022-09-09 Notice of name Makivik Corporation
2022-09-09 Respondent's book of authorities, (Book Form), Completed on: 2022-09-21, (Printed version filed on 2022-09-09) Makivik Corporation
2022-09-09 Respondent's factum, (Book Form), Completed on: 2022-09-21, (Printed version filed on 2022-09-09) Makivik Corporation
2022-09-09 Certificate (on limitations to public access), 23A - 23B Assembly of First Nations Quebec-Labrador (AFNQL)
2022-09-09 Notice of name Assembly of First Nations Quebec-Labrador (AFNQL)
2022-09-09 Respondent's book of authorities, (Book Form), (2 volumes), Completed on: 2022-09-21, (Printed version filed on 2022-09-09) Assembly of First Nations Quebec-Labrador (AFNQL)
2022-09-09 Respondent's factum, (Book Form), Completed on: 2022-09-21, (Printed version filed on 2022-09-09) Assembly of First Nations Quebec-Labrador (AFNQL)
2022-09-09 Respondent's book of authorities, (Book Form), Completed on: 2022-09-09, (Printed version filed on 2022-11-09) First Nations Child & Family Caring Society of Canada
2022-09-09 Respondent's record, (Book Form), (12 volumes), See 2022-09-14 order by J. Côté, Completed on: 2022-09-21 First Nations Child & Family Caring Society of Canada
2022-09-09 Respondent's factum, (Book Form), Required:
- 23A & 23B
- Notice of name, Incomplete, (Printed version filed on 2022-09-09) 		First Nations Child & Family Caring Society of Canada
2022-09-09 Notice of name, (Letter Form), (Printed version filed on 2022-09-13) Canadian Constitution Foundation
2022-09-09 Motion for leave to intervene, (Book Form), MISSING:
Filing Fee (rec'd 2022-09-13), Completed on: 2022-09-14, (Printed version filed on 2022-09-13) 		Canadian Constitution Foundation
2022-09-09 Notice of name Council of Yukon First Nations
2022-09-09 Motion for leave to intervene, (Book Form), MISSING:
Filing Fee (rec'd 2022-09-12), Completed on: 2022-09-14, (Printed version filed on 2022-09-12) 		Council of Yukon First Nations
2022-09-09 Notice of name, (Letter Form), (Printed version filed on 2022-09-12) Native Women's Association of Canada
2022-09-09 Motion for leave to intervene, (Book Form), MISSING:
Filing Fee (rec'd 2022-09-13), Completed on: 2022-09-14, (Printed version filed on 2022-09-12) 		Native Women's Association of Canada
2022-09-09 Notice of name Louis Bull Tribe
2022-09-09 Motion for leave to intervene, (Book Form), Completed on: 2022-10-24, (Printed version filed on 2022-09-12) Louis Bull Tribe
2022-09-09 Notice of name Gwa'sala-'Nakwaxda'Xw Nations
2022-09-09 Motion for leave to intervene, (Book Form), Completed on: 2022-10-24, (Printed version filed on 2022-09-12) Gwa'sala-'Nakwaxda'Xw Nations
2022-09-09 Notice of name Cowessess First Nation
2022-09-09 Motion for leave to intervene, (Book Form), MISSING:
Filing Fee (rec'd 2022-09-13), Completed on: 2022-09-14, (Printed version filed on 2022-09-14) 		Cowessess First Nation
2022-09-09 Notice of name Peguis Child and Family Services
2022-09-09 Motion for leave to intervene, (Book Form), Completed on: 2022-10-24, (Printed version filed on 2022-09-12) Peguis Child and Family Services
2022-09-09 Notice of name Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations
2022-09-09 Motion for leave to intervene, (Book Form), Completed on: 2022-09-14, (Printed version filed on 2022-09-09) Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations
2022-09-09 Notice of name South Island Indigenous Authority Society
2022-09-09 Motion for leave to intervene, (Book Form), Completed on: 2022-10-24, (Printed version filed on 2022-09-12) South Island Indigenous Authority Society
2022-09-09 Notice of name Innu Takuaikan Uashat Mak Mani-Utenam (ITUM), agissant comme bande traditionnelle et au nom des Innus de Uashat Mak Mani-Utenam
2022-09-09 Motion for leave to intervene, (Book Form), MISSING:
Filing Fee (rec'd 2022-09-13), Completed on: 2022-09-14, (Printed version due on 2022-09-16) 		Innu Takuaikan Uashat Mak Mani-Utenam (ITUM), agissant comme bande traditionnelle et au nom des Innus de Uashat Mak Mani-Utenam
2022-09-09 Notice of name, (Letter Form), (Printed version filed on 2022-09-12) Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug First Nation
2022-09-09 Motion for leave to intervene, (Book Form), MISSING:
Filing Fee, Incomplete, (Printed version filed on 2022-09-12) 		Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug First Nation
2022-09-07 Notice of miscellaneous motion, (Book Form), MISSING:
Filing Fee, Incomplete, (Printed version filed on 2022-09-08) 		First Nations Child & Family Caring Society of Canada
2022-08-19 Notice of name, (Letter Form), (Printed version filed on 2022-08-25) Grand Council of Treaty #3
2022-08-19 Motion for leave to intervene, (Book Form), Missing: Filing Fee (rec' 08/25/22), Completed on: 2022-08-25, (Printed version filed on 2022-08-25) Grand Council of Treaty #3
2022-08-15 Certificate (on limitations to public access), 23B - Appellant/Respondent Factum Attorney General of Canada
2022-08-15 Appellant's book of authorities, (Book Form), Completed on: 2022-08-16, (Printed version due on 2022-08-22) Attorney General of Canada
2022-08-15 Respondent's factum, (Book Form), (Included in the appellant's factum), Completed on: 2022-08-16, (Printed version due on 2022-08-22) Attorney General of Canada
2022-08-15 Appellant's factum, (Book Form), Completed on: 2022-08-16, (Printed version due on 2022-08-22) Attorney General of Canada
2022-06-28 Notice of hearing sent to parties
2022-06-28 Appeal hearing scheduled, 2022-12-08, (For webcasting purposes)
Judgment reserved
2022-06-28 Appeal hearing scheduled, 2022-12-07
2022-06-20 Notice of withdrawal, of Intention to Intervene on a CQ, Completed on: 2022-06-20 Attorney General of New Brunswick
2022-06-14 Letter advising the parties of tentative hearing date and filing deadlines (Leave granted), (sent to parties by email)
2022-06-07 Correspondence received from, (Letter Form), Change of contact information for Makivik Corporation, (Printed version due on 2022-06-14) Makivik Corporation
2022-06-01 Correspondence received from, (Letter Form), Marie-France Major will be acting as agent for Aseniwuche Winewak Nation of Canada, (Printed version due on 2022-06-08) Aseniwuche Winewak Nation of Canada
2022-05-30 Certificate of counsel (attesting to record), (Letter Form), 24A, (Printed version filed on 2022-05-31) Attorney General of Québec
2022-05-30 Certificate (on limitations to public access), (Letter Form), FIRST APPEAL

23B - Factum, Record, Authorities

require: amended 23B (rec'd 2022-06-13), (Printed version filed on 2022-05-31) 		Attorney General of Québec
2022-05-30 Appellant's book of authorities, (Book Form), FIRST APPEAL, Completed on: 2022-06-06, (Printed version filed on 2022-05-31) Attorney General of Québec
2022-05-30 Appellant's record, (Book Form), FIRST APPEAL, Completed on: 2022-06-06, (Printed version filed on 2022-05-31) Attorney General of Québec
2022-05-30 Appellant's factum, (Book Form), FIRST APPEAL

Also received:
-Court of Appeal Record filed in electronic format, further to Rule 38.1 (Volumes 2 - 17, 19 - 58, 63) (rec'd 2022-05-31)
-Court of Appeal Record filed in electronic format, further to Rule 38.1 (Volumes 18, 59, 60, 61, 62 (rec'd 2022-06-01), Completed on: 2022-06-06, (Printed version filed on 2022-05-31) 		Attorney General of Québec
2022-05-10 Order by, Reg, UPON REQUESTS by the Attorneys General of New Brunswick, Manitoba, British Columbia and Alberta, intervening on constitutional questions, to obtain directions with respect to their filing deadlines in the above appeal, and by the Attorney General of Quebec regarding the allocation of the total number of pages it is permitted to submit in its appellant and respondent facta;

AND THE MATERIAL FILED having been read;

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT:

The Attorneys General intervening on constitutional questions shall be entitled to each serve and file a factum not to exceed twenty (20) pages in length, record and book of authorities, if any, on or before October 21, 2022.

Any persons wishing to intervene in this appeal must serve and file a motion for leave to intervene on or before September 12, 2022.

Any responses to the interventions, if any, must be served and filed on or before September 22, 2022.

Any replies to the responses, if any, shall be served and filed on or before September 29, 2022.

Any interveners granted leave to intervene must also serve and file their factum, record and book of authorities, if any, on or before November 14, 2022.

The terms set out in the order issued by the Chief Justice on April 20, 2022 will not be changed.

Allowed
2022-05-06 Correspondence received from, Michael Sobkin, Re: reply to letters regarding filing deadlines Attorney General of British Columbia
2022-05-04 Correspondence received from, Angela J. Croteau, Re: response to corresp. dated May 2, 2022 regarding the filing deadlines Attorney General of Alberta
2022-05-04 Correspondence received from, Karen Collins, by email, Re: AG of New Brunswick supports submissions by AG Alberta and corresp. dated May 2, 2022 Attorney General of New Brunswick
2022-05-03 Correspondence received from, Franklin S. Gertler, Re: réponse to correspondences related to Order dated April 20, 2022 Assembly of First Nations Quebec-Labrador (AFNQL)
2022-05-03 Correspondence received from, David P. Taylor, Re: filing deadlines First Nations Child & Family Caring Society of Canada
2022-04-27 Correspondence received from, Michael Sobkin, Re: Filing deadline for interveners on Constitional Questions Attorney General of British Columbia
2022-04-26 Correspondence received from, Pierre Landry, Re: splitting of pages between factums Attorney General of Québec
2022-04-20 Order on motion to directions, by the Chief Justice (sent to all parties electronically)
2022-04-20 Decision on motion for directions, CJ, UPON APPLICATION by the Attorney General of Quebec to obtain directions in the above appeal;

AND THE MATERIAL FILED having been read;

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT:

The Attorney General of Quebec may file the record filed with the court appealed from as the appellant’s record, pursuant to Rule 38.1 of the Rules of the Supreme Court of Canada, on or before May 30, 2022.

The Attorney General of Quebec shall be entitled to serve and file an appellant factum not to exceed fourty (40) pages in length on or before May 30, 2022, and a respondent factum not to exceed twenty (20) pages in length on or before October 7, 2022.

The Attorney General of Canada shall be entitled to serve and file a single factum as appellant and respondent not to exceed sixty (60) pages in length on or before August 15, 2022.

The interveners in the Court of Appeal shall be entitled to each serve and file a factum not to exceed fourty (40) pages in length on or before September 9, 2022.

All requests respecting new interventions in the Supreme Court of Canada shall be dealt with at the same time as the motions seeking leave to intervene.

Granted
2022-04-20 Submission of motion for directions, CJ
2022-04-11 Notice of intervention respecting a constitutional question, Completed on: 2022-04-12 Attorney General of Manitoba
2022-04-11 Notice of intervention respecting a constitutional question, (Letter Form), Completed on: 2022-04-12, (Printed version filed on 2022-04-12) Attorney General of British Columbia
2022-04-11 Notice of intervention respecting a constitutional question, Completed on: 2022-04-11 Attorney General of Alberta
2022-04-11 Notice of intervention respecting a constitutional question, Completed on: 2022-04-11 Attorney General of New Brunswick
2022-04-05 Reply to motion for directions, (Letter Form), Completed on: 2022-04-08 Attorney General of Québec
2022-04-04 Response to motion for directions, (Letter Form), Completed on: 2022-04-04 Aseniwuche Winewak Nation of Canada
2022-03-31 Response to motion for directions, (Letter Form), Completed on: 2022-03-31, (Printed version filed on 2022-04-04) Assembly of First Nations Quebec-Labrador (AFNQL)
2022-03-31 Response to motion for directions, (Letter Form), Completed on: 2022-03-31 Makivik Corporation
2022-03-29 Response to motion for directions, (Letter Form), Completed on: 2022-03-30 Assembly of First Nations
2022-03-28 Correspondence received from, Attorney General of Québec, RE: Case Sensibility and Form 23A Attorney General of Québec
2022-03-28 Correspondence received from, (Letter Form), Attorney General of Canada, RE: Case Sensitivity and Form 23A, (Printed version due on 2022-04-04) Attorney General of Canada
2022-03-28 Response to motion for directions, (Letter Form), Completed on: 2022-03-30 First Nations Child & Family Caring Society of Canada
2022-03-28 Letter acknowledging receipt of a notice of appeal, SECOND APPEAL
2022-03-25 Motion for directions, (Letter Form), MISSING:
Filing Fee, Incomplete, (Printed version filed on 2022-03-28) 		Attorney General of Québec
2022-03-17 Letter acknowledging receipt of a notice of appeal, FIRST APPEAL
2022-03-16 Certificate (on limitations to public access), (Letter Form), FIRST APPEAL

23B, (Printed version due on 2022-03-23) 		Attorney General of Québec
2022-03-14 Certificate (on limitations to public access), (Letter Form), SECOND APPEAL

23B, (Printed version due on 2022-03-21) 		Attorney General of Canada
2022-03-14 Certificate (on limitations to public access), (Letter Form), SECOND APPEAL

23A, (Printed version due on 2022-03-21) 		Attorney General of Canada
2022-03-14 Notice of constitutional question(s), (Letter Form), SECOND APPEAL, Completed on: 2022-03-28, (Printed version due on 2022-03-21) Attorney General of Canada
2022-03-14 Notice of appeal, (Book Form), SECOND APPEAL

require: service, Completed on: 2022-03-28, (Printed version due on 2022-03-21) 		Attorney General of Canada
2022-03-14 Certificate (on limitations to public access), (Letter Form), FIRST APPEAL

23A

received:
-amended 23A (rec'd 2022-03-16)
-additional paper copy (rec'd 2022-04-01), (Printed version filed on 2022-03-15) 		Attorney General of Québec
2022-03-14 Notice of constitutional question(s), (Letter Form), FIRST APPEAL

received: additional paper copy (rec'd 2022-04-01), Completed on: 2022-03-16, (Printed version filed on 2022-03-15) 		Attorney General of Québec
2022-03-14 Notice of appeal, (Book Form), FIRST APPEAL

Required: amended cover pages containing counsel's contact information (rec'd 2022-03-25)

received: additional paper copy (rec'd 2022-04-01), Completed on: 2022-03-28, (Printed version filed on 2022-03-15) 		Attorney General of Québec

Parties

Please note that in the case of closed files, the “Status” column reflects the status of the parties at the time of the proceedings. For more information about the proceedings and about the dates when the file was open, please consult the docket of the case in question.

Main parties

Main parties - Appellants
Name Role Status
Attorney General of Québec Appellant Active

v.

Main parties - Respondents
Name Role Status
Attorney General of Canada Respondent Active
Assembly of First Nations Quebec-Labrador (AFNQL) Respondent Active
First Nations of Quebec and Labrador Health and Social Services Commission (FNQLHSSC) Respondent Active
Makivik Corporation Respondent Active
Assembly of First Nations Respondent Active
Aseniwuche Winewak Nation of Canada Respondent Active
First Nations Child & Family Caring Society of Canada Respondent Active

And Between

Sub parties (1) - Appellants
Name Role Status
Attorney General of Canada Appellant Active

v.

Sub parties (1) - Respondents
Name Role Status
Attorney General of Québec Respondent Active

Other parties

Other parties
Name Role Status
Attorney General of Manitoba Intervener Active
Attorney General of British Columbia Intervener Active
Attorney General of Alberta Intervener Active
Attorney General of the Northwest Territories Intervener Active
First Nations Child & Family Caring Society of Canada Intervener Active
Aseniwuche Winewak Nation of Canada Intervener Active
Assembly of First Nations Intervener Active
Makivik Corporation Intervener Active
Assembly of First Nations Quebec-Labrador (AFNQL) Intervener Active
First Nations of Quebec and Labrador Health and Social Services Commission (FNQLHSSC) Intervener Active
Grand Council of Treaty #3 Intervener Active
Innu Takuaikan Uashat Mak Mani-Utenam (ITUM), agissant comme bande traditionnelle et au nom des Innus de Uashat Mak Mani-Utenam Intervener Active
Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations Intervener Active
Peguis Child and Family Services Intervener Active
Native Women's Association of Canada Intervener Active
Council of Yukon First Nations Intervener Active
Indigenous Bar Association in Canada Intervener Active
Chiefs of Ontario Intervener Active
Inuvialuit Regional Corporation Intervener Active
Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, Nunatsiavut Government and Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated Intervener Active
NunatuKavut Community Council Intervener Active
Lands Advisory Board Intervener Active
Métis National Council, Métis Nation-Saskatchewan, Métis Nation of Alberta, Métis Nation British Columbia, Métis Nation of Ontario and Les femmes Michif Otipemisiwak Intervener Active
Listuguj Mi'Gmaq Government Intervener Active
Congress of Aboriginal Peoples Intervener Active
First Nations Family Advocate Office Intervener Active
Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs Intervener Active
First Nations of the Maa-Nulth Treaty Society Intervener Active
Tribal Chiefs Ventures Inc. Intervener Active
Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs, First Nations Summit of British Columbia and British Columbia Assembly of First Nations Intervener Active
David Asper Centre for Constitutional Rights Intervener Active
Regroupement Petapan Intervener Active
Canadian Constitution Foundation Intervener Active
Carrier Sekani Family Services Society, Cheslatta Carrier Nation, Nadleh Whuten, Saik'uz First Nation and Stellat'en First Nation Intervener Active
Conseil des Atikamekw d'Opitciwan Intervener Active
Vancouver Aboriginal Child and Family Services Society Intervener Active
Nishnawbe Aski Nation Intervener Active

Counsel

Party: Attorney General of Québec

Counsel
Samuel Chayer
Francis Demers
Gabrielle Robert
Bernard, Roy & Associés
1, rue Notre-Dame Est, bureau 8.00
Montréal, Quebec
H2Y 1B6
Telephone: (514) 393-2336 Ext: 51461
FAX: (514) 873-7074
Email: samuel.chayer@justice.gouv.qc.ca
Agent
Pierre Landry
Noël et Associés, s.e.n.c.r.l.
225, montée Paiment
2e étage
Gatineau, Quebec
J8P 6M7
Telephone: (819) 771-7393
FAX: (819) 771-5397
Email: p.landry@noelassocies.com

Party: Attorney General of Canada

Counsel
Bernard Letarte
François Joyal
Andréane Joanette-Laflamme
Lindy Rouillard-Labbé
Amélia Couture
Ministère de la Justice - Canada
284, rue Wellington
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A 0H8
Telephone: (613) 946-2776
FAX: (613) 952-6006
Email: bernard.letarte@justice.gc.ca
Agent
Christopher Rupar
Attorney General of Canada
Department of Justice Canada
50 O'Connor Street, Suite 500
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A 0H8
Telephone: (613) 786-0211
FAX: (613) 954-1920
Email: christopher.rupar@justice.gc.ca

Party: Assembly of First Nations Quebec-Labrador (AFNQL)

Counsel
Franklin S. Gertler
Gabrielle Champigny
Hadrien Gabriel Burlone
Mira Levasseur Moreau
Franklin Gertler Étude Légale
507 Place d'Armes, bureau 1701
Montréal, Quebec
H2Y 2W8
Telephone: (514) 798-1988
FAX: (514) 798-1986
Email: franklin@gertlerlex.ca
Agent
Marie-France Major
Supreme Advocacy LLP
340 Gilmour Street
Suite 100
Ottawa, Ontario
K2P 0R3
Telephone: (613) 695-8855 Ext: 102
FAX: (613) 695-8580
Email: mfmajor@supremeadvocacy.ca

Party: First Nations of Quebec and Labrador Health and Social Services Commission (FNQLHSSC)

Counsel
Franklin S. Gertler
Gabrielle Champigny
Hadrien Gabriel Burlone
Michel Deschenes
Franklin Gertler Étude Légale
507 Place d'Armes, bureau 1701
Montréal, Quebec
H2Y 2W8
Telephone: (514) 798-1988
FAX: (514) 798-1986
Email: franklin@gertlerlex.ca
Agent
Marie-France Major
Supreme Advocacy LLP
340 Gilmour Street
Suite 100
Ottawa, Ontario
K2P 0R3
Telephone: (613) 695-8855 Ext: 102
FAX: (613) 695-8580
Email: mfmajor@supremeadvocacy.ca

Party: Makivik Corporation

Counsel
Kathryn Tucker
Nuri Frame
Robin Campbell, c.j.c
Pape Salter Teillet LLP
546 Euclid Ave
Toronto, Ontario
M6G 2T2
Telephone: (416) 916-2989
FAX: (416) 916-3726
Email: ktucker@pstlaw.ca
Agent
Marie-France Major
Supreme Advocacy LLP
340 Gilmour Street
Suite 100
Ottawa, Ontario
K2P 0R3
Telephone: (613) 695-8855 Ext: 102
FAX: (613) 695-8580
Email: mfmajor@supremeadvocacy.ca

Party: Assembly of First Nations

Counsel
Stuart Wuttke
Adam Williamson
Assembly of First Nations
55 Metcalfe Street, Suite 1600
Ottawa, Ontario
K1P 6L5
Telephone: (613) 241-6789 Ext: 228
FAX: (613) 241-5808
Email: swuttke@afn.ca
Agent
Moira Dillon
Supreme Law Group
440 Laurier Ave. West
Suite 200
Ottawa, Ontario
K1R 7X6
Telephone: (613) 691-1224
FAX: (613) 691-1338
Email: mdillon@supremelawgroup.ca

Party: Aseniwuche Winewak Nation of Canada

Counsel
Claire Truesdale
Louise Kyle
JFK Law LLP
340 - 1122 Mainland Street
Vancouver, British Columbia
V6B 5L1
Telephone: (604) 687-0549
FAX: (604) 687-2696
Email: ctruesdale@jfklaw.ca
Agent
Marie-France Major
Supreme Advocacy LLP
340 Gilmour Street
Suite 100
Ottawa, Ontario
K2P 0R3
Telephone: (613) 695-8855 Ext: 102
FAX: (613) 695-8580
Email: mfmajor@supremeadvocacy.ca

Party: First Nations Child & Family Caring Society of Canada

Counsel
David P. Taylor
Naiomi W. Metallic
Alyssa Holland
Conway Baxter Wilson LLP
411 Roosevelt Avenue, suite 400
Ottawa, Ontario
K2A 3X9
Telephone: (613) 780-2026
FAX: (613) 688-0271
Email: dtaylor@conwaylitigation.ca

Party: Attorney General of Alberta

Counsel
Angela Croteau
Nicholas Parker
Leah McDaniel
Matthew Parent
Alberta Justice and Solicitor General
10th Floor, 10025 - 102 A Avenue
Edmonton, Alberta
T5J 2Z2
Telephone: (780) 422-6868
FAX: (780) 643-0852
Email: angela.croteau@gov.ab.ca
Agent
D. Lynne Watt
Gowling WLG (Canada) LLP
160 Elgin Street
Suite 2600
Ottawa, Ontario
K1P 1C3
Telephone: (613) 786-8695
FAX: (613) 788-3509
Email: lynne.watt@gowlingwlg.com

Party: Attorney General of Manitoba

Counsel
Deborah L. Carlson
Kathryn Hart
Heather Leonoff, K.C.
Attorney General of Manitoba
1205 - 405 Broadway Ave
Winnipeg, Manitoba
R3C 3L6
Telephone: (204) 229-0679
FAX: (204) 945-0053
Email: Deborah.Carlson@gov.mb.ca
Agent
D. Lynne Watt
Gowling WLG (Canada) LLP
160 Elgin Street
Suite 2600
Ottawa, Ontario
K1P 1C3
Telephone: (613) 786-8695
FAX: (613) 788-3509
Email: lynne.watt@gowlingwlg.com

Party: Attorney General of British Columbia

Counsel
Leah Greathead
Attorney General of British Columbia
620 Superior Street
Victoria, British Columbia
V8W 9V1
Telephone: (250) 356-8892
FAX: (250) 387-0343
Email: leah.greathead@gov.bc.ca
Agent
Michael J. Sobkin
331 Somerset Street West
Ottawa, Ontario
K2P 0J8
Telephone: (613) 282-1712
FAX: (613) 288-2896
Email: msobkin@sympatico.ca

Party: Grand Council of Treaty #3

Counsel
Robert Janes, K.C.
Naomi Moses
JFK Law Corporation
340 - 1122 Mainland Street
Vancouver, British Columbia
V6B 5L1
Telephone: (604) 687-0549
FAX: (604) 687-2696
Email: rjanes@jfklaw.ca
Agent
Marie-France Major
Supreme Advocacy LLP
340 Gilmour Street
Suite 100
Ottawa, Ontario
K2P 0R3
Telephone: (613) 695-8855 Ext: 102
FAX: (613) 695-8580
Email: mfmajor@supremeadvocacy.ca

Party: Innu Takuaikan Uashat Mak Mani-Utenam (ITUM), agissant comme bande traditionnelle et au nom des Innus de Uashat Mak Mani-Utenam

Counsel
James A. O'Reilly, Ad.E.
Marie-Claude André-Grégoire
Michelle Corbu
Vincent Carney
O'Reilly & Associés
1155 Robert-Bourassa
Suite 1007
Montréal, Quebec
H3B 3A7
Telephone: (514) 871-8117
FAX: (514) 871-9177
Email: james.oreilly@orassocies.ca
Agent
Marie-France Major
Supreme Advocacy LLP
340 Gilmour Street
Suite 100
Ottawa, Ontario
K2P 0R3
Telephone: (613) 695-8855 Ext: 102
FAX: (613) 695-8580
Email: mfmajor@supremeadvocacy.ca

Party: Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations

Counsel
Michael Seed
Nicholas Dodd
Rosa Victoria Adams
Sunchild Law
Box 1408
Battleford, Saskatchewan
S0M 0E0
Telephone: (306) 441-1473
FAX: (306) 937-6110
Email: michael@sunchildlaw.com
Agent
Nadia Effendi
Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
World Exchange Plaza
100 Queen Street, suite 1300
Ottawa, Ontario
K1P 1J9
Telephone: (613) 787-3562
FAX: (613) 230-8842
Email: neffendi@blg.com

Party: Peguis Child and Family Services

Counsel
Hafeez Khan
Earl C. Stevenson
Hafeez Khan Law Corporation
1430-363 Broadway Ave.
Winnipeg, Manitoba
R3C 3N9
Telephone: (431) 800-5650
FAX: (431) 800-2702
Email: hkhan@hklawcorp.ca
Agent
Marie-France Major
Supreme Advocacy LLP
340 Gilmour Street
Suite 100
Ottawa, Ontario
K2P 0R3
Telephone: (613) 695-8855 Ext: 102
FAX: (613) 695-8580
Email: mfmajor@supremeadvocacy.ca

Party: Native Women's Association of Canada

Counsel
Sarah Niman
Kira Poirier
Native Women's Association of Canada
120 Promenade du Portage
Gatineau, Quebec
J8X 2K1
Telephone: (613) 720-2529
FAX: (613) 722-7687
Email: sniman@nwac.ca
Agent
Virginia Lomax
First Peoples Law LLP
55 Murray Street
Suite 230
Ottawa, Ontario
K1N 5M3
Telephone: (613) 722-9091
FAX: (613) 722-9097
Email: vlomax@firstpeopleslaw.com

Party: Council of Yukon First Nations

Counsel
Tammy Shoranick
Daryn Leas
James M. Coady
Boughton Law Corporation
700-595 Burrard Street
Vancouver, British Columbia
V7X 1S8
Telephone: (604) 687-6789
FAX: (604) 683-5317
Email: tshoranick@boughtonlaw.com
Agent
Nadia Effendi
Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
World Exchange Plaza
100 Queen Street, suite 1300
Ottawa, Ontario
K1P 1J9
Telephone: (613) 787-3562
FAX: (613) 230-8842
Email: neffendi@blg.com

Party: Indigenous Bar Association in Canada

Counsel
Paul Seaman
Keith Brown
Gowling WLG (Canada) LLP
2300 – 550 Burrard Street
Vancouver, British Columbia
V6C 2B5
Telephone: (604) 891-2731
FAX: (604) 683-3558
Email: paul.seaman@gowlingwlg.com
Agent
Cam Cameron
Gowling WLG (Canada) LLP
160 Elgin Street
Suite 2600
Ottawa, Ontario
K1P 1C3
Telephone: (613) 786-8650
FAX: (613) 563-9869
Email: cam.cameron@gowlingwlg.com

Party: Chiefs of Ontario

Counsel
Maggie Wente
Krista Nerland
Olthuis, Kleer, Townshend LLP
250 University Ave.
8th floor
Toronto, Ontario
M5H 2E5
Telephone: (416) 981-9330
FAX: (416) 981-9350
Email: mwente@oktlaw.com
Agent
Marie-France Major
Supreme Advocacy LLP
340 Gilmour Street
Suite 100
Ottawa, Ontario
K2P 0R3
Telephone: (613) 695-8855 Ext: 102
FAX: (613) 695-8580
Email: mfmajor@supremeadvocacy.ca

Party: Inuvialuit Regional Corporation

Counsel
Katherine Hensel
Kristie Tsang
Todd Orvitz
Fogler, Rubinoff LLP
77 King Street West; Suite 3000, PO Box 95
TD Centre North Tower
Toronto, Ontario
M5K 1G8
Telephone: (416) 864-7608
FAX: (416) 941-8852
Email: khensel@foglers.com
Agent
Marie-France Major
Supreme Advocacy LLP
340 Gilmour Street
Suite 100
Ottawa, Ontario
K2P 0R3
Telephone: (613) 695-8855 Ext: 102
FAX: (613) 695-8580
Email: mfmajor@supremeadvocacy.ca

Party: Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, Nunatsiavut Government and Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated

Counsel
Brian A. Crane, K.C.
Graham Ragan
Alyssa Flaherty-Spence
Kate Darling
Gowling WLG (Canada) LLP
2600 - 160 Elgin St
Box 466 Station D
Ottawa, Ontario
K1P 1C3
Telephone: (613) 233-1781
FAX: (613) 563-9869
Email: brian.crane@gowlingwlg.com

Party: NunatuKavut Community Council

Counsel
Jason Cooke
Ashley Hamp-Gonsalves
Burchell Wickwire Bryson LLP
1800-1801 Hollis St.
Halifax, Nova Scotia
B3J 3N4
Telephone: (902) 422-5374
FAX: (902) 420-9326
Email: jcooke@burchells.ca
Agent
Jonathan Laxer
Power Law
50 rue O’Connor
Bureau 1313
Ottawa, Ontario
K1P 6L2
Telephone: (613) 907-5652
FAX: (613) 907-5652
Email: jlaxer@powerlaw.ca

Party: Lands Advisory Board

Counsel
William B. Henderson
3014 - 88 Bloor St East
Toronto, Ontario
M4W 3G9
Telephone: (416) 413-9878
Email: lawyer@bloorstreet.com
Agent
Marie-France Major
Supreme Advocacy LLP
340 Gilmour Street
Suite 100
Ottawa, Ontario
K2P 0R3
Telephone: (613) 695-8855 Ext: 102
FAX: (613) 695-8580
Email: mfmajor@supremeadvocacy.ca

Party: Métis National Council, Métis Nation-Saskatchewan, Métis Nation of Alberta, Métis Nation British Columbia, Métis Nation of Ontario and Les femmes Michif Otipemisiwak

Counsel
Jason T. Madden
Alexander DeParde
Emilie N. Lahaie
Pape Salter Teillet LLP
546 Euclid Avenue
Toronto, Ontario
M6G 2T2
Telephone: (416) 916-3853
FAX: (416) 916-3726
Email: jmadden@pstlaw.ca
Agent
Matthew Estabrooks
Gowling WLG (Canada) LLP
2600 – 160 Elgin Street
Ottawa, Ontario
K1P 1C3
Telephone: (613) 786-0211
FAX: (613) 788-3573
Email: matthew.estabrooks@gowlingwlg.com

Party: Listuguj Mi'Gmaq Government

Counsel
Zachary Davis
Riley Weyman
Pape Salter Teillet LLP
546 Euclid Avenue
Toronto, Ontario
M6G 2T2
Telephone: (416) 427-0337
FAX: (416) 916-3726
Email: zdavis@pstlaw.ca
Agent
Matthew Estabrooks
Gowling WLG (Canada) LLP
2600 – 160 Elgin Street
Ottawa, Ontario
K1P 1C3
Telephone: (613) 786-0211
FAX: (613) 788-3573
Email: matthew.estabrooks@gowlingwlg.com

Party: Congress of Aboriginal Peoples

Counsel
Andrew K. Lokan
Glynnis Hawe
Paliare, Roland, Rosenberg, Rothstein, LLP
155 Wellington Street West
35th Floor
Toronto, Ontario
M5V 3H1
Telephone: (416) 646-4324
FAX: (416) 646-4301
Email: andrew.lokan@paliareroland.com
Agent
David R. Elliott
Dentons Canada LLP
99 Bank Street
Suite 1420
Ottawa, Ontario
K1P 1H4
Telephone: (613) 783-9699
FAX: (613) 783-9690
Email: david.elliott@dentons.com

Party: First Nations Family Advocate Office

Counsel
Joëlle Pastora Sala
Allison Fenske
Maximilian Griffin-Rill
Adrienne Cooper
Public Interest Law Centre
100 - 287 Broadway
Winnipeg, Manitoba
R3C 0R9
Telephone: (204) 985-9735
FAX: (204) 985-8544
Email: jopas@pilc.mb.ca
Agent
Darius Bossé
Juristes Power
50, O'Connor Street
Suite 1313
Ottawa, Ontario
K1P 6B9
Telephone: (613) 702-5566
FAX: (613) 702-5566
Email: DBosse@juristespower.ca

Party: Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs

Counsel
David Outerbridge
Craig Gilchrist
Rebecca Amoah
Torys LLP
79 Wellington Street, 30th Floor
Box 270, TD Centre
Toronto, Ontario
M5K 1N2
Telephone: (416) 865-7825
FAX: (416) 865-7380
Email: douterbridge@torys.com

Party: First Nations of the Maa-Nulth Treaty Society

Counsel
Maegen M. Giltrow, K.C.
Natalia Sudeyko
Lisa Glowacki
500-221 West Esplanade
North Vancouver, British Columbia
V7M 3J3
Telephone: (604) 988-5201
FAX: (604) 988-1452
Email: mgiltrow@ratcliff.com
Agent
Bijon Roy
Champ and Associates
43 Florence Street
Ottawa, Ontario
K2P 0W6
Telephone: (613) 237-4740
FAX: (613) 232-2680
Email: broy@champlaw.ca

Party: Tribal Chiefs Ventures Inc.

Counsel
Aaron Christoff
Brent Murphy
Gowling WLG (Canada) LLP
550 Burrard Street
Suite 2300, Bentall 5
Vancouver, British Columbia
V6C 2B5
Telephone: (604) 443-7685
FAX: (604) 683-3558
Email: aaron.christoff@gowlingwlg.com
Agent
Marie-Christine Gagnon
Gowling WLG (Canada) LLP
160 Elgin Street
Suite 2600
Ottawa, Ontario
K1P 1C3
Telephone: (613) 786-0086
FAX: (613) 563-9869
Email: Marie-Christine.Gagnon@ca.gowlingwlg.com

Party: Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs, First Nations Summit of British Columbia and British Columbia Assembly of First Nations

Counsel
Gib van Ert
Fraser Harland
Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond
Olthuis Van Ert
66 Lisgar Street
Ottawa, Ontario
K2P 0C1
Telephone: (613) 408-4297
FAX: (613) 651-0304
Email: gvanert@ovcounsel.com

Party: David Asper Centre for Constitutional Rights

Counsel
Jessica Orkin
Natai Shelsen
Goldblatt Partners LLP
20 Dundas Street West
Suite 1039
Toronto, Ontario
M5G 2C2
Telephone: (416) 977-6070
Email: jorkin@goldblattpartners.com
Agent
Colleen Bauman
Goldblatt Partners LLP
270 Albert Street
Suite 1400
Ottawa, Ontario
K1P 5G8
Telephone: (613) 482-2459
FAX: (613) 235-3041
Email: cbauman@goldblattpartners.com

Party: Regroupement Petapan

Counsel
François G. Tremblay
Benoît Amyot
Cain Lamarre
814, boul. Saint Joseph
Roberval, Quebec
G8H 2L5
Telephone: (418) 545-4580
FAX: (418) 549-9590
Email: notification.cain.saguenay@clcw.ca
Agent
Marion Sandilands
Conway Baxter Wilson LLP
400 - 411 Roosevelt Avenue
Ottawa, Ontario
K2A 3X9
Telephone: (613) 780-2021
FAX: (613) 688-0271
Email: msandilands@conwaylitigation.ca

Party: Canadian Constitution Foundation

Counsel
Jesse Hartery
Simon Bouthillier
Allison Spiegel
McCarthy Tétrault LLP
TD Bank Tower
Suite 5300
Toronto, Ontario
M5K 1E6
Telephone: (416) 362-1812
FAX: (416) 868-0673
Email: jhartery@mccarthy.ca

Party: Carrier Sekani Family Services Society, Cheslatta Carrier Nation, Nadleh Whuten, Saik'uz First Nation and Stellat'en First Nation

Counsel
Scott A. Smith
Gowling WLG (Canada) LLP
550 Burrard Street
Suite 2300, Bentall 5
Vancouver, British Columbia
V6C 2B5
Telephone: (604) 891-2764
FAX: (604) 443-6784
Email: scott.smith@gowlingwlg.com
Agent
Jeffrey W. Beedell
Gowling WLG (Canada) LLP
160 Elgin Street, Suite 2600
Ottawa, Ontario
K1P 1C3
Telephone: (613) 786-0171
FAX: (613) 563-9869
Email: jeff.beedell@gowlingwlg.com

Party: Conseil des Atikamekw d'Opitciwan

Counsel
Kevin Ajmo
Frédéric Boily
Stéphanie Ajmo
Jean-François Delisle
Simard Boivin Lemieux, S.E.N.C.R.L.
1150, boul. Saint-Félicien
Bureau 106
Saint-Félicien, Quebec
G8K 2W5
Telephone: (418) 679-8888
FAX: (514) 679-8902
Email: k.ajmo@sblavocats.com

Party: Vancouver Aboriginal Child and Family Services Society

Counsel
Maxime Faille
Gowling WLG (Canada) LLP
550 Burrard Street
Suite 2300
Vancouver, British Columbia
V6C 2B5
Telephone: (604) 891-2733
FAX: (604) 443-6784
Email: maxime.faille@gowlingwlg.com
Agent
Jeffrey W. Beedell
Gowling WLG (Canada) LLP
160 Elgin Street, Suite 2600
Ottawa, Ontario
K1P 1C3
Telephone: (613) 786-0171
FAX: (613) 563-9869
Email: jeff.beedell@gowlingwlg.com

Party: Nishnawbe Aski Nation

Counsel
Julian N. Falconer
Christopher Rapson
Mitchell Goldenberg
Falconers LLP
10 Alcorn Avenue, Suite 204
Toronto, Ontario
M4V 3A9
Telephone: (416) 964-0495 Ext: 222
FAX: (416) 929-8179
Email: julianf@falconers.ca
Agent
Moira Dillon
Supreme Law Group
440 Laurier Ave. West
Suite 200
Ottawa, Ontario
K1R 7X6
Telephone: (613) 691-1224
FAX: (613) 691-1338
Email: mdillon@supremelawgroup.ca

Party: Attorney General of the Northwest Territories

Counsel
Trisha Paradis
Sandra Jungles
Attorney General of the Northwest Territories
Legal Division, Department of Justice
4903 - 49th Street, P.O. Box 1320
Yellowknife, Northwest Territories
X1A 2L9
Telephone: (867) 767-9257
FAX: (867) 873-0234
Email: Trisha_Paradis@gov.nt.ca
Agent
D. Lynne Watt
Gowling WLG (Canada) LLP
160 Elgin Street
Suite 2600
Ottawa, Ontario
K1P 1C3
Telephone: (613) 786-8695
FAX: (613) 788-3509
Email: lynne.watt@gowlingwlg.com

Summary

Keywords

Constitutional law — Division of powers — Pith and substance — Aboriginal peoples — Aboriginal rights — Self government — Child and family services — Whether An Act respecting First Nations, Inuit and Métis children, youth and families, S.C. 2019, c. 24, is ultra vires Parliament of Canada under Constitution of Canada — Constitution Act, 1867, s. 91(24) — Constitution Act, 1982, s. 35.

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By Order in Council 1288 2019 of December 18, 2019, the Quebec government submitted the following question to the Quebec Court of Appeal:

Is An Act respecting First Nations, Inuit and Métis children, youth and families, S.C. 2019, c. 24, ultra vires the Parliament of Canada under the Constitution of Canada?

The Court of Appeal answered that the Act, which came into force on January 1, 2020, is constitutional, except for ss. 21 and 22(3), which are not. It found that the pith and substance of the Act is to ensure the well being of Indigenous children by fostering culturally appropriate services that will reduce their over representation in provincial child welfare systems. The well being of Indigenous persons is part of the essence of the federal head of power set out in s. 91(24) of the Constitution Act, 1867, and the national principles stated in general terms in the Act are compatible with Quebec’s child welfare legislation. The Court of Appeal also held that the right of self government in relation to child and family services falls within s. 35 of the Constitution Act, 1982. Examining the framework established by the Act for circumscribing the exercise of this generic Aboriginal right, the court found that the aim of s. 21 is to make the doctrine of federal paramountcy applicable to Indigenous laws. Because this alters the fundamental architecture of the Constitution, s. 21 is ultra vires. The same is true of s. 22(3), which provides that Indigenous laws prevail over any conflicting or inconsistent provisions of provincial legislation. Section 91(24) of the Constitution Act, 1867 does not authorize Parliament to give absolute priority to an Aboriginal right.

Lower court rulings

February 10, 2022
Court of Appeal of Quebec (Montréal)

2022 QCCA 185

Question submitted by the Government of Quebec by reference pursuant to Order in Council no. 1288-2019 answered

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