File No 35379 SUPREME COURT OF CANADA (ONAPPFALFROMAJUDGMENfOF1HEffiURI'OFAPPFALFORONfARIO) BETWEEN: ANDREW KEEWATIN JR. and JOSEPH WILLIAM FOBISTER on their own behalf and on behalf of all other members of GRASSY NARROWS FIRST NATION APPELLANTS (Plaintiffs) - and- - MINISTER OF NATURAL RESOURCES -and- RESOLUTE FP CANADA INC. (formerly ABITIBI-CONSOLIDATED INC.) RESPONDENTS (Defendants) - and- - THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF CANADA RESPONDENT (Third Party) - and- LESLIE CAMERON on his own behalf and on behalf of all other members of W ABAUSKANG FIRST NATION RESPONDENT (Interveners) - and­ GOLDCORP INC. RESPONDENT (Intervener) (Style of Cause continues inside cover pages) JOINT MEMORANDUM OF ARGUMENT BY LAC SEUL FIRST NATION and SANDY LAKE FIRST NATION, INTERVENERS -and- AITORNEY GENERAL OF MANITOBA, AITORNEY GENERAL OF BRITISH COLUMBIA, AITORNEY GENERAL OF SASKATCHEWAN, A ITORNEY GENERAL OF ALBERTA, THE GRAND COUNCIL OF TREATY #3, BLOOD TRIBE, BEAVER LAKE CREE NATION, ERMINESKIN CREE NATION, SIKSIKA NATION, and WHITEFISH LAKE NATION #128, FORT MCKAY FIRST NATION, TE'ME:XWTREATY ASSOCIATION, OCHIICHAGWE'BABIGO'INING FIRST NATION,OJIBWAYS OF ONIGAMING FIRST NATION, BIG GRASSY FIRST NATION, and NAOTKAMEGWANNING FIRST NATION, METIS NATION OF ONTARIO, COWICHAN TRIBES, represented by CHIEF WILLIAM CHARLES SEYMOUR, on his own behalf and on behalf of the members of COWICHAN TRIBES, LAC SEUL FIRST NATION, SANDY LAKE FIRST NATION Interveners AND BETWEEN: LESLIE CAMERON on his own behalf and on behalf of all other members ofWABAUSKANG FIRST NATION APPELLANTS (Interveners) - and- ANDREW KEEWATIN JR. and JOSEPH WILLIAM FOBISTER on their own behalf and on behalf of all other members of GRASSY NARROWS FIRST NATION RESPONDENTS (Plaintiffs) - and - MINISTER OF NATURAL RESOURCES and RESOLUTE FP CANADA INC. (formerly ABITIBI-CONSOLIDATED INC.) RESPONDENTS (Defendants) and THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF CANADA RESPONDENT (fhird Party) - and - GOLDCORP INC. RESPONDENT (Intervener) -and- ATTORNEY GENERAL OF MANITOBA, ATTORNEY GENERAL OF BRITISH COLUMBIA, ATTORNEY GENERAL OF SASKATCHEWAN, ATTORNEY GENERAL OF ALBERTA, THE GRAND COUNCIL OF TREATY #3, BLOOD TRIBE, BEAVER LAKE CREE NATION, ERMINESKIN CREE NATION, SIKSIKA NATION, and WHITEFISH LAKE NATION #128, FORT MCKAY FIRST NATION, TE'ME:XWTREATY ASSOCIATION, OCHIICHAGWE'BABIGO'INING FIRST NATION,OJIBWAYS OF ONIGAMING FIRST NATION, BIG GRASSY FIRST NATION, and NAOTKAMEGWANNING FIRST NATION, METIS NATION OF ONTARIO, COWICHAN TRIBES, represented by CHIEF WILLIAM CHARLES SEYMOUR, on his own behalf and on behalf of the members of COWICHAN TRIBES, LAC SEUL FIRST NATION, SANDY LAKE FIRST NATION Interveners KESHEN & MAJOR NELLIGAN O'BRIEN PAYNE LLP 120 Second Street South, Suite 200 1500-50 O'Connor Street Kenora, Ontario P9N 1E9 Ottawa, Ontario K 1P 6L2 David G. Leitch Christopher Rootham Tel: 807-468-3073 Tel: 613-231-8311 Fax: 807-468-4893 Fax: 613-788-3667 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Counsel for the Intervener, Lac Seu! First Ottawa Agent for the Intervener, Lac Seu! Nation and Sandy Lake First Nation First Nation and Sandy Lake First Nation ORIGINAL TO: THE REGISTRAR COPIES TO: JANES FREEDMAN KYLE LAW GOWLING LAFLEUR HENDERSON LLP CORPORATION 160 Elgin Street, 26th Floor 1122 Mainland Street, Suite 340 Ottawa, Ontario K 1P 1C3 Vancouver, British Columbia V6B 5Ll Guy Regimbald Robert J.M. Janes Tel: 613-786-0197 Tel: 250-405-3460 Fax: 613-563-9869 Fax: 250-381-8567 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Ottawa Agents for the Appellants, Counsel for the Appellants, Andrew Keewatin Jr., Joseph William Andrew Keewatin Jr., Joseph William Fobister, and Grassy Narrows First Nation Fobister, and Grassy Narrows First Nation FIRST PEOPLES LAW GOWLING LAFLEUR HENDERSON LLP 1 111 Water Street, Suite 300 160 Elgin Street, 26 h Floor Vancouver, British Columbia V6B 1A7 Ottawa, Ontario K 1P 1C3 Tel: 604-685-4240 Fax: 604-681-0912 Guy Regimbald Tel: 613-786-0197 Bruce Stadfeld Mcivor Fax: 613-563-9869 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Kate Buttery Ottawa Agents for the Appellants, Email: [email protected] Leslie Cameron and Wabauskang First Nation Counsel for the Appellants, Leslie Cameron and Wabauskang First Nation AIRD & BERLIS LLP DENTONSCANADALLP 181 Bay Street, Suite 1800 99 Bank Street, Suite 1420 Brookfield Place, Box 754 Ottawa, Ontario KIP 1H4 Toronto, Ontario M5J 2T9 K. Scott McLean Christopher J. Matthews Tel: 613-783-9600 Tel: 416-865-4146 Fax: 613-783-9690 Fax: 416-863-1515 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Ottawa Agent for the Respondent, Counsel for the Respondent, Resolute FP Canada Inc. (formerly Abitibi­ Resolute FP Canada Inc. (formerly Abitibi­ Consolidated Inc.) Consolidated Inc.) ATTORNEY GENERAL OF CANADA ATTORNEY GENERAL OF CANADA Justice Canada 50 O'Connor Street 123 - 2nd A venue South, 10th Floor Suite 500, Room 557 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7K 7E6 Ottawa, Ontario KlP 6L2 Mark R. Kindrachuk, Q.C. Christopher M. Rupar Tel: 306-975-4765 Tel: 613-941-2351 Fax: 306-975-5013 Fax: 613-954-1920 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] ATTORNEY GENERAL OF CANADA Ottawa Agents for the Respondent, Justice Canada, Aboriginal Law Section Attorney General of Canada 900 - 840 Howe Street Vancouver, British Columbia V6Z 2S9 Mitchell R. Taylor, Q.C. Tel: 604-666-2324 Fax: 604-666-2710 Email: [email protected] Counsel for the Respondent, Attorney General of Canada ONTARIO MINISTRY OF THE BURKE-ROBERTSON LLP ATTORNEY GENERAL Barristers & Solicitors Crown Law Office - Civil 441 MacLaren Street, Suite 200 8th Floor, 720 Bay Street Ottawa, Ontario K2P 2H3 Toronto, Ontario M7 A 2S9 Fax: 416-326-4181 Robert E. Houston, Q.C. Tel: 613-236-9665 Malliha Wilson (LSUC # 233081) Fax: 613-233-4195 or 613-235-4430 Tel: 416-326-4953 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Ottawa Agents for the Respondent, Michael R. Stephenson (LSUC # 29697R) Minister of Natural Resources Tel: 416-326-2993 Email: [email protected] Peter Lemmond (LSUC # 41368K) Tel: 416-326-4463 Email: [email protected] Mark Crow (LSUC # 45624S) Constitutional Law Branch Tel: 416-326-4470 Email: [email protected] Christine Perruzza (LSUC # 52648K) Tel: 416-326-4144 Email: [email protected] Counsel for the Respondent, Minister of Natural Resources CASSELS BROCK & BLACKWELL LLP OSLER, HOSKIN & HARCOURT LLP Scotia Plaza 340 Albert Street, Suite 1900 40 King Street West, Suite 2100 Ottawa, Ontario KlR 7Y6 Toronto, Ontario M5H 3C2 Tel: 416-869-5300 Patricia J. Wilson Fax: 416-360-8877 Tel: 613-787-1009 Fax: 613-235-2867 William J. Burden Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Ottawa Agent for the Respondent, Linda I. Knol Goldcorp Inc. Email: [email protected] Erin Craddock Email: [email protected] OSLER, HOSKIN & HARCOURT LLP 450 - 1st St. S. W., Suite 2500 Calgary, Alberta T2P 5Hl Thomas F. Isaac Tel: 413-260-7060 Fax: 403-260-7024 Email: [email protected] Counsel for Respondent, Goldcorp Inc. HUTCHINS LEGAL INC. GOWLING LAFLEUR HENDERSON 204, rue du Saint-Sacrement, Bureau 300 LLP Montreal, Quebec H2Y 1W8 160 Elgin Street, Suite 2600 Tel: 514-849-2403 Box 466 Station D Fax: 514-849-4907 Ottawa, Ontario K 1P I C3 Peter W. Hutchins Brian A. Crane, Q.C. Email: [email protected] Tel: 613-233-1781 Fax: 613-563-9869 Zachary Davis Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Ottawa Agent for the Intervener, Robin Campbell Grand Council of Treaty #3 Email: [email protected] Counsel for the Intervener, Grand Council of Treaty #3 MACPHERSON LESLIE & TYERMAN SUPREME ADVOCACY LLP LLP 100- 340 Gilmour Street I 023 5 101 st Street, Suite 2200 Ottawa, Ontario K2P OR3 Edmonton, Alberta T5J 3G I Marie-France Major Meaghan M. Conroy Tel: 613-695-8855 Ext: 102 Abram B. Averbach Fax: 613-695-8580 Tel: 780-969-3500 E-mail: [email protected] Fax: 780-969-3549 E-mail: [email protected] Ottawa Agent for the Intervener, Blood Tribe, Beaver Lake Cree Nation, Counsel for the Intervener, Ermineskin Cree Nation, Siksika Nation and Blood Tribe, Beaver Lake Cree Nation, Whitefish Lake First Nation #128 Ermineskin Cree Nation, Siksika Nation and Whitefish Lake First Nation #128 HENNING BYRNE LLP SUPREME ADVOCACY LLP 10405 Jasper Avenue, Suite I450 100- 340 Gilmour Street Edmonton, Alberta T5J 3N4 Ottawa, Ontario K2P OR3 Karin Buss Marie-France Major Tel: 780-42I-I 707 Tel: 613-695-8855 Ext: I 02 Fax: 780-425-9438 Fax: 613-695-8580 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Counsel for the Intervener, Ottawa Agent for the Intervener, Fort McKay First Nation Fort McKay First Nation JANES FREEDMAN KYLE LAW GOWLING LAFLEUR HENDERSON CORPORATION LLP I I22 Mainland Street, Suite 340 I 60 Elgin Street, Suite 2600 Vancouver, British Columbia V6B 5Ll Box 466 Station D Ottawa, Ontario KIP IC3 Karey Brooks Tel: 604-687-0549 Brian A. Crane, Q.C. Fax: 604-687-2696 Tel: 6I3-233-I 78I E-mail: [email protected] Fax: 6I3-563-9869 Email: [email protected] Counsel for the Intervener, Te'mexw Treaty Association Ottawa Agent for the Intervener, Te'mexw Treaty Association DONALD R. COLBORNE GOWLING LAFLEUR HENDERSON I I25 Fort Street LLP Victoria, British Columbia V8V 3K9 I 60 Elgin Street, Suite 2600 Box 466 Station D Tel: 807-344-6628 Ottawa, Ontario KIP IC3 Fax: 807-983-3079 E-mail: [email protected] Brian A. Crane, Q.C. Tel: 6 I 3-233-I 78 I Counsel for the Intervener, Fax: 6 I 3-563-9869 Ochiichagwe'Babigo'Ining First Nation, Email: [email protected] Ojibways of Onigaming First Nation, Big Grassy First Nation and Naotkamegwanning Ottawa Agent for the Intervener, First Nation Ochiichagwe'Babigo'Ining First Nation, Ojibways of Onigaming First Nation, Big Grassy First Nation and Naotkamegwanning First Nation PAPE SALTER TEILLET GOWLING LAFLEUR HENDERSON 546 Euclid A venue LLP Toronto, Ontario M6G 2T2 160 Elgin Street, Suite 2600 P.O.