Court of Appeal for Ontario

Date: 2024-06-18 Docket: COA-23-CV-0264

Doherty*, Pepall and Zarnett JJ.A.

Between:

Association of Iroquois and Allied Indians, Attawapiskat First Nation, Chapleau Cree First Nation, Eagle Lake First Nation, Fort Albany First Nation, Magnetawan First Nation, Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte, Temagami First Nation, Temeaugama Anishnabai and Wahgoshig First Nation Applicants (Appellants)

and

The Minister of the Environment, Conservation and Parks, the Minister of Natural Resources and Forestry and the Attorney General of Ontario Respondents (Respondents)

Counsel:

Kevin Hille, Nick Kennedy, Graeme Cook and Yeseul Grace Shin, for the appellants Sylvia Davis and Imran Kamal, for the respondents

Heard: November 1, 2023

On appeal from the order of the Divisional Court (Justices Katherine E. Swinton, David L. Corbett, dissenting in part, and Michael A. Penny), dated October 14, 2022, with reasons reported at 2022 ONSC 5161.

Costs Endorsement

[1] In the exercise of our discretion we order that the parties bear their own costs of the appeal.

“S.E. Pepall J.A.”

“B. Zarnett J.A.”

• Doherty J.A. did not take part in the costs decision.