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Samson Indian Nation and Band v. Canada

T-2022-89

2001 FCT 1249, Teitelbaum J.

16/11/01

7 pp.

Objection to oral application by plaintiffs for permission to file as evidence parts of Royal Commission Report on Aboriginal Peoples (RCAP)--Work performed by Commissioners appointed to conduct inquiry on Aboriginal peoples caused extensive research to be performed to arrive at conclusions they did--Commission's mandate to recommend policy to Government of Canada--While helpful to public policy debate relating to Aboriginal matters, neither necessary nor helpful to Court process--Not Court's function to hold inquiry--RCAP "political" work--Court not requiring RCAP report to help it legally determine issues before it--Objection allowed.

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