R. v. Powley, [2001] 2 C.N.L.R. 291 (Ont. C.A.), aff’g [2000] 2 C.N.L.R. 233 (Ont. Sup. Ct. J.)
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This is the first case to reach this Court that will consider the Aboriginal rights of the Métis under s. 35 of the Constitution Act, 1982. The Respondents, Steve Powley and his son Roddy Charles Powley, were charged with unlawfully hunting moose and unlawful possession of moose meat on October 22, 1993, contrary to ss. 46 and 47(1) of the Game and Fish Act. The facts with respect to the hunting and possession were entered into evidence at trial by way of an Agreed Statement of Facts. The Powleys asserted that they were Métis and that their hunting and possession were the exercise of an Aboriginal and/or treaty right to hunt qua Métis.
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- R. v. Powley, [2001] 2 C.N.L.R. 291 (Ont. C.A.), aff’g [2000] 2 C.N.L.R. 233 (Ont. Sup. Ct. J.)
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- This is the first case to reach this Court that will consider the Aboriginal rights of the Métis under s. 35 of the Constitution Act, 1982. The Respondents, Steve Powley and his son Roddy Charles Powley, were charged with unlawfully hunting moose and unlawful possession of moose meat on October 22, 1993, contrary to ss. 46 and 47(1) of the Game and Fish Act. The facts with respect to the hunting and possession were entered into evidence at trial by way of an Agreed Statement of Facts. The Powleys asserted that they were Métis and that their hunting and possession were the exercise of an Aboriginal and/or treaty right to hunt qua Métis.
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- CA - Supreme Court of Canada, Manitoba (A.G.),Congress of Aboriginal Peoples,Aboriginal Legal Services of Toronto,Métis National Council,Ontario Métis Aboriginal Association,Alberta (A.G.),Canada (A.G.),British Columbia (A.G.),Quebec (A.G.),Labrador Métis Nation,Métis Nation of Ontario,British Columbia Fisheries Survival Coalition,Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters,Delaronde, Métis Chief Roy E.J.,North Slave Métis Alliance,New Brunswick (A.G.),Newfoundland (A.G.),Saskatchewan (A.G.) (Intervener), R. (Appellant), Powley, Steve,Powley, Roddy Charles (Respondent)
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- 2002-12-17
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- legal:592, local: , nation: Metis
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- North America--Canada--Ontario
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