Tuesday, May 13, 2014

Berger lays out Peel legal argument

More details on the case against the Yukon government's handling of the Peel watershed land use plan have been filed with the courts.

The 48-page legal argument by Thomas Berger, who is representing two Yukon First Nations and two environmental groups in the lawsuit, builds on the information contained in their statement of claim.

They want the court to force the Yukon government to approve the final recommended land use plan for the watershed. It was produced by the Peel commission, which had appointees from both government and First Nations. Rather than work with that plan, the government imposed its own new plan for the region a few months ago.

Click here to read Berger's full argument.

The government has until June 9 to respond to the arguments put forth. So far it has only filed a statement of defence.

The trial in Yukon Supreme Court is scheduled for July 7-11.

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