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1162209036 QUEBEC INC (Les Amis de la Rivière Kipawa) v. Canada (Attorney General)

Court (s) Database Federal Court of Appeal Decisions
Date 2008-09-16
Neutral citation 2008 FCA 267
File numbers A-4-08

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Date: 20080916

Docket: A-4-08

Citation: 2008 FCA 267

 

CORAM:       RICHARD C.J.

                        LÉTOURNEAU J.A.

                        TRUDEL J.A.

 

BETWEEN:

LES AMIS DE LA RIVIÈRE KIPAWA incorporated as

1162209036 QUEBEC INC.

Appellant

 

and

 

THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF CANADA and

THE MINISTER OF PUBLIC WORKS AND GOVERNMENT SERVICES CANADA,

THE MINISTER OF FISHERIES AND OCEANS,

 THE MINISTER OF TRANSPORT, and

DAVID S. LAFLAMME CONSTRUCTION INC.

Respondents

 

 

 

Heard at Ottawa, Ontario, on September 16, 2008.

Judgment delivered from the Bench at Ottawa, Ontario, on September 16, 2008.

 

REASONS FOR JUDGMENT OF THE COURT BY:                                               RICHARD C.J.

 

Date: 20080916

Docket: A-4-08

Citation: 2008 FCA 267

 

CORAM:       RICHARD C.J.

                        LÉTOURNEAU J.A.

                        TRUDEL J.A.

 

BETWEEN:

LES AMIS DE LA RIVIÈRE KIPAWA incorporated as

1162209036 QUEBEC INC.

Appellant

 

and

 

THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF CANADA and

THE MINISTER OF PUBLIC WORKS AND GOVERNMENT SERVICES CANADA,

THE MINISTER OF FISHERIES AND OCEANS,

 THE MINISTER OF TRANSPORT, and

DAVID S. LAFLAMME CONSTRUCTION INC.

Respondents

 

 

REASONS FOR JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

(Delivered from the Bench at Ottawa, Ontario, on September 16, 2008)

RICHARD C.J.

[1]               We are all in agreement that the appeal should be dismissed.

 

[2]               The environmental assessment did not ignore the question of navigation on the Kipawa River and through the dam. It also considered the interest of the appellant and recommended mitigating measures to preserve, as far as possible, the reasonable use of the river.

 

[3]               Accordingly, the appeal will be dismissed with costs.

 

 

 "J. Richard"

Chief Justice

 

 

FEDERAL COURT OF APPEAL

NAMES OF COUNSEL AND SOLICITORS OF RECORD

 

 

DOCKET:                                                                              A-4-08

 

(APPEAL FROM A JUDGMENT OF THE HONOURABLE SIMON NOËL, DATED DECEMBER 4, 2007 (DOCKET NO. T-452-08)

 

STYLE OF CAUSE:                                                              LES AMIS DE LA RIVIÈRE KIPAWA incorporated as 1162209036 QUEBEC INC. and THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF CANADA and THE MINISTER OF PUBLIC WORKS AND GOVERNMENT SERVICES CANADA, THE MINISTER OF FISHERIES AND OCEANS, THE MINISTER OF TRANSPORT, and DAVID S. LAFLAMME CONSTRUCTION INC.

 

PLACE OF HEARING:                                                        OTTAWA

 

DATE OF HEARING:                                                          September 16, 2008

 

REASONS FOR JUDGMENT OF THE COURT BY:       (RICHARD C.J., LÉTOURNEAU J.A. & TRUDEL J.A.)

 

DELIVERED FROM THE BENCH BY:                            Richard C.J.

 

APPEARANCES:

 

Rodney Northey and Kristi M. Ross

FOR THE APPELLANT

 

Vincent Veilleux and Bernard Letarte

FOR THE RESPONDENTS

 

 

SOLICITORS OF RECORD:

 

Birchall Northey LLP

FOR THE APPELLANT

 

John H. Sims, Q.C.

Deputy Attorney General of Canada

FOR THE RESPONDENTS

 

 

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