Court File and Parties
COURT OF APPEAL FOR ONTARIO DATE: 20241107 DOCKET: COA-23-CV-0547
Roberts, Coroza and Gomery JJ.A.
BETWEEN
Sophia Mathur, a minor by her litigation guardian Catherine Orlando, Zoe Keary-Matzner, a minor by her litigation guardian Anne Keary, Shaelyn Hoffman-Menard, Shelby Gagnon, Alexandra Neufeldt, Madison Dyck and Lindsay Gray Applicants (Appellants)
and
His Majesty the King in Right of Ontario Respondent (Respondent)
and
Assembly of First Nations, British Columbia Civil Liberties Association, Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment, the Canadian Civil Liberties Association, Canadian Lawyers for International Human Rights and Center for International Environmental Law, Citizens for Public Justice, David Asper Centre for Constitutional Rights, Environmental Defence Canada and West Coast Environmental Law Association, Friends of the Earth Canada, For Our Kids/For Our Kids Toronto, Grand Council of Treaty #3, 2471256 Canada Inc. (Greenpeace Canada) and Stichting Urgenda Interveners
Nader R. Hasan, Justin Safayeni, Spencer Bass, Fraser Andrew Thomson, Danielle Gallant, Julia Croome and Reid Gomme, for the appellants S. Zachary Green, Padraic Ryan and Sean Kissick, for the respondent Nathalie Chalifour and Erin Dobbelsteyn, for the intervener, Friends of the Earth Canada Sarah Beamish, for the interveners, Greenpeace Canada and Stichting Urgenda Teagan Markin and Nadia Effendi, for the intervener, British Columbia Civil Liberties Association Andrew Lokan and Danielle Glatt, for the intervener, Canadian Civil Liberties Association Anna Johnston and Andrew Gage, for the interveners, Environmental Defence Canada and West Coast Environmental Law Association Lara Koerner-Yeo and Karen Drake, for the intervener, Grand Council of Treaty #3 Ewa Krajewska, Brandon Anand Chung and Érik Arsenault, for the intervener, David Asper Centre for Constitutional Rights Hassan M. Ahmad and Brooke MacKenzie, for the intervener, Citizens for Public Justice Louis Century and Erica Cartwright, for the intervener, Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment Meaghan Daniel, for the interveners, For Our Kids and For Our Kids Toronto Lacey Kassis, Stuart Wuttke and Adam Williamson, for the intervener, Assembly of First Nations Nicolas M. Rouleau and Vibhu Sharma, for the interveners, Canadian Lawyers for International Human Rights and Center for International Environmental Law
Heard: January 15, 2024
On appeal from the order of Justice Marie-Andrée Vermette of the Superior Court of Justice, dated April 14, 2023, with reasons reported at 2023 ONSC 2316, 480 D.L.R. (4th) 444.
COSTS ENDORSEMENT
[1] The parties have settled the costs of the appeal. They have agreed that the respondent shall pay to the appellants the all-inclusive amount of $75,000.
“L.B. Roberts J.A.”
“S. Coroza J.A.”
“S. Gomery J.A.”