Court File No.: 35203 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CANADA IN THE MATTER OF Section 53 of the Supreme Court Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. S-26; AND IN THE MATTER OF a Reference by the Governor in Council concerning reform of the Senate, as set out in Order in Council P.C. 2013-70, dated February 1,2013 FACTUM OF ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE NORTHWEST TERRITORIES (Pursuant to Rule 46 of the Rules of the Supreme Court of Canada) ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE NORTHWEST GOWLING LAFLEUR HENDERSON LLP TERRITORIES Barristers and Solicitors Legal Division, Department of Justice 160 Elgin Street, Suite 2600 4903 - 49th Street Ottawa, ON KiP 1C3 PO Box 1320 Telephone: (613) 233-1781 Yellowknife, NT X1A 2L9 Facsimile: (613) 563-9869 Telephone: (867) 920-3248 Email: [email protected] Facsimile: (867) 873-0234 Email: [email protected] Bradley Patzer Brian A. Crane, Q.C. Anne Walker Ottawa Agents for the Attorney General of Counsel for the Attorney General of the the Northwest Territories Northwest Territories DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE CANADA 234 Wellington Street, Room 1161 Ottawa, ON KIA OH8 Telephone: (613) 957-4763 Facsimile: (613) 954-1920 Email: [email protected] Robert J. Frater Christopher M. Rupar Warren J. Newman Counsel for the Attorney General of Canada HUNTER LITIGATION CHAMBERS LAW SUPREME ADVOCACY LLP CORPORATION Barristers and Solicitors 1040 Georgia Street West, Suite 2100 397 Gladstone Avenue, Suite I Vancouver, BC V6E 4HI Ottawa, ON K2P OY9 Telephone: (604) 891-2401 Telephone: (613) 695-8855 Facsimile: (604) 647-4554 Facsimile: (613) 695-8580 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] John J. L. Hunter, Q.C. Marie-France Major Amicus Curiae Counsel for the Amicus Curiae John J.L. Hunter, Q.C. PROFESSOR DANIEL JUTRAS SUPREME ADVOCACY LLP University of McGill Barristers and Solicitors 3644 Peel Street 397 Gladstone Avenue, Suitel Montreal, QC H3A I W9 Ottawa, ON K2P OY9 Telephone: (514) 398-6604 Telephone: (613) 695-8855 Facsimile: (514) 398-4659 Facsimile: (613) 695-8580 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Amicus Curiae Marie-France Major Counsel for the Amicus Curiae Professor Daniel Jutras ATTORNEY GENERAL OF ALBERTA GOWLING LAFLEUR HENDERSON LLP Constitutional Law Branch Barristers and Solicitors 9833 - 109 Street, 4th Floor 160 Elgin Street, 26th Floor Edmonton, AB, T5J 3S8 Ottawa, ON KIP lC3 Telephone: (780) 427-0072 Telephone: (613) 786-0139 Facsimile: (780) 425-0307 Facsimile: (613) 563-9869 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Ms. Margaret Unsworth, Q.c. Henry S. Brown, Q.C. 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Counsel for the Attorney General of Ottawa Agents for the Counsel for the Newfoundland and Labrador Attorney General of Newfoundland and Labrador THE HONOURABLE SERGE JOYAL, SENATOR,PC 250 East Block Parliament of Canada Ottawa, ON KIA OA4 Telephone: (613) 943-0434 Facsimile: (613) 943-0441 Email: [email protected] Intervener HEENAN BLAIKIE LLP Barristers and Counsels 55 Metcalfe Street, Suite 300 Ottawa, ON KIP 6L5 Telephone: (613) 236-7908 Facsimile: (866) 296-8395 Email: [email protected] Mark C. Power Jennifer Klinck Perri Ravon Sebastien Grammond, Ad.E. Counsels for the Intervener Federation des communautes francophones et acadienne du Canada COX&PALMER HEENAN BLAIKIE LLP Barristers and Connsels Barristers and Counsels 644 Main Street, Suite 500 55 Metcalfe Street, Suite 300 Moncton, NB EIC lE2 Ottawa, ON KIP 6L5 Telephone: (506) 856-9800 Telephone: (613) 236-8071 Facsimile: (506) 856-8150 Facsimile: (613) 236-9632 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Christian E. Michaud Perri Ravon Serge Rousselle Ottawa Agents for the Counsels for th( Connsels for the Intervener Intervener Societe de l'Acadie du Nouveau-Brunswick inc. Societe de l'Acadie du Nouveau-Brunswick inc. STIKEMAN ELLIOTT LLP Barristers and Solicitors 50 O'Connor Street, Suite 1600 Ottawa, ON KIP 6L2 Telephone: (613) 566-0546 Facsimile: (613) 230-8877 Email: [email protected] Nicholas McHaffie Counsel for the Intervener The Honourable Anne C. Cools, Senator, P.C. TABLE OF CONTENTS PART I FACTS 2 I. Development of Federal Responsibility for the 2 Administration of Peace, Order and Good Government in the Northwest Territories II. Development of Responsible Government in the 7 Northwest Territories III. Present status ofthe Government of the Northwest 11 Territories IV. Senate Representation for the Northwest Territories 16 V. The Role ofthe Senate 17 VI. Participation by Northwest Territories in Discussions 20 on Constitutional Amendment and Senate Reform 1.