Supreme Court Hearings Streaming Event – November 7

The Supreme Court of Canada will be hearing an appeal brought by Ontario seeking to overturn the decision of the majority of the Ontario Court of Appeal. Ontario will be arguing that the ONCA’s majority were wrong in upholding Justice Hennessy’s interpretation of the augmentation rather. Ontario will also argue that awarding past compensation for historical treaty breaches is inappropriate and that the RHT should only be entitled to receive declarations from the Court at a future Stage 3. RHTLF’s legal team will argue that the majority were correct in upholding Justice Hennessy’s interpretation of the augmentation promise. They will also argue that the ONCA made an error by overturning Justice Hennessy’s findings that the Crown has a fiduciary duty the implementation of the augmentation promise.