Appeals from convictions and sentences imposed on a corporation and individual for offences related to unauthorized access to Crown land and trespass for fishing purposes.
The appellants organized a public protest and removed trees that had been felled by the Ministry of Natural Resources to restrict access to Oswald Lake.
The court upheld the convictions, finding that the Ministry lawfully restricted access under the Public Lands Act and that the appellants were parties to the offences committed by others.
The court also upheld the sentence, finding no error in principle regarding the failure to inquire into financial ability to pay and determining the fine was not demonstrably unfit given the circumstances of organized civil disobedience.
