This is an appeal from a Prothonotary's decision dismissing a motion by two First Nations to be added as respondents, or alternatively as interveners, in four applications for judicial review of a decision by the Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard regarding aquaculture licenses in the Discovery Islands.
The Federal Court dismissed the appeal, finding no palpable and overriding error in the Prothonotary's decision that the First Nations were not directly affected by the outcome of the judicial reviews and that they had not established how their participation would assist in determining the issues before the Court.
