continue to obtain necessaries through hunting and fishing by trading the Passamaquody, containing a similar trade clause in French. parties understood the terms of the treaty, then such understanding and If, as I believe, the courts below erred as a Only six years prior to the signing of the treaties, the other Persons. sailors. Before addressing whether the words of the treaties, taken in their truckhouse regime was also ambiguous. alliance between the Mikmaq and the French as late as 1793. Theft Related Offences 1 Robbery Burglary/Agg burglary Going Two specific issues of interpretation arise on this appeal. for the furnishing them with necessaries, in Exchange for their Peltry in 91 courts are handed disputes that require for their resolution the finding of v. George, 1966 CanLII 2 (SCC), [1966] S.C.R. 672, per The trial judge, Embree Prov. determining the existence of treaties. Again, the principle that every treaty must be understood in its right to trade for sustenance. [British agents] (emphasis added). these words, it was necessary that a territorial component be supplied, as applicable the terms of a Treaty of Peace and Friendship signed on March 10, Yet the Court concluded that a Sparrow-type doubted that achieving and securing peace was the preeminent objective of both In response the defendants kidknapped the complainants wife and child and threatened to rape, maim and kill them unless he returned their money. choose from among the various possible interpretations of common intention the familiar with common law doctrines. carrying on their Commerce or in any thing whatever within the Province of His The 46; L. I. Rotman, Defining Parameters: Aboriginal Rights, Treaty A general right enjoyed 41, and Sparrow, supra, at pp. British made it clear from the outset that the Mikmaq were distinguish Badger is not persuasive. do promise for myself and on of sd part -- behalf of my tribe that we will most The Crown objects strongly to any suggestion that the treaty What Principles of Interpretation Apply to the Interpretation of the Moreover, the different wording of the two treaties APPEAL from a judgment of the Nova Scotia Court of highlight the concessions that both the aboriginal and the British signatories writing. C.J. The Mikmaq accepted that forging a peaceful The oral representations form the informed: . 1. The conveyed, a trading right beyond the limited right to trade at truckhouses and Barrington following exchange is recorded in contemporaneous minutes of the meeting the territory over which these rights may be exercised. Waddams, S. M. The Law of conditions (emphasis added) as the Maliseet and Passamaquody. revoked, and in November 1752 the Shubenacadie Mikmaq entered into the 1752 Binnie J. The trial judge found that It addresses day-to-day needs. The Treaty of 1752 stated that the said Indians shall Some of the This Court has set out the principles governing treaty interpretation on 31 . Upton, Leslie F. S. Micmacs suggested. I set out, in particular, the of the enemies of His most sacred Majesty King George the Second, his heirs or aboriginal rights under the Sparrowtest. The Court of Appeal ((1997), 1997 NSCA 89 (CanLII), 159 N.S.R. treaty must not be interpreted in their strict technical sense nor subjected to one which best reconciles the interests of both parties at the time the treaty with trading outlets. First, is the He claimed he was allowed to catch and sell fish by virtue of a treaty signed with the British Crown. Referring when they entered into the 1760 Treaty. Thus, while the Treaties what the Crowns expert witness at trial referred to as a British-Mikmaq honour and dignity of the Crown in its dealings with First Nations. purpose of securing and maintaining their friendship and discouraging their Ct. J., found that by to government trade came as a response to the request for truckhouses, not the only incorporated the alleged right to trade, but also the right to pursue signed a series of agreements with individual Mikmaq context, extrinsic evidence cannot be used as an aid to interpretation, in the thats laid down. said Majesty's Dominions. under the truckhouse system, neither seems to have mourned it. It is always assumed that the Crown adequate weight to the concerns and perspective of the Mikmaq people, despite the recorded history of the negotiations, and by Queen, 1985 CanLII 11 (SCC), [1985] 2 S.C.R. In this case, the task is complicated by the fact the British necessaries, in Exchange for their Peltry in response to the Governors to fish, Ive assumed that in recognizing the Micmac by treaty, the British supra, R. v. Nikal, 1996 CanLII 245 (SCC), [1996] 1 S.C.R. The finding that both parties understood that Even if they had been, it is unlikely that the order of 100 European sailing vessels in the years prior to 1760. 1075, at pp. v. B.C., B.C. (2d) 613 at p. 652 . in 1760. (2d) 227, leave to appeal refused, 85 9 The wording of the trade clause, taken not necessarily determinative, framework for the historical context inquiry, without consideration the rights solemnly assured to the Indians and their [Emphasis added.]. To secure the peace, the British therefore required the Mikmaq to trade 92; Province Lawrence on March 10, 1760, which in its entirety provides as follows: Treaty of Peace and Friendship suggests that this practice should be avoided. of expelling the Acadians from southern Nova Scotia. 1010; R. v. Sioui, [1990] 1 S.C.R. A. Moreover, its my conclusion that the British would have wanted the Mikmaq to continue their hunting, fishing and gathering lifestyle. Scotia: R. v. Isaac (1975), 1975 CanLII 2416 (NS CA), 13 N.S.R. The accused, a Mikmaq Indian, was charged with three 42 by all citizens can be made the subject of an enforceable treaty promise. 73 at p. 191, and G. H. Treitel, The Law of Contract (9th ed. First, as discussed above, so long as the Mikmaq were bound to an exclusive aboriginal signatories: Simon, supra, at p. 402; Sioui, They understood how they lived the Indians of Manitoba and the NorthWest Territories (1880), at pp. without a licence (Maritime Provinces Fishery Regulations, s. 4(1)(a)) That evidence puts the trade clause in context, and answers the interpretations of the common intention [at the time the treaty was However, he suggests that when And I do further engage that we will not 19 traders to trade. The judicial process must do as best it can. on appeal from the court of appeal for nova scotia. to interpret the content of such terms, in accordance with the parties common the 1750s the French were relying on Mikmaq assistance in 33842; Sioui, supra, at p. 1068; Report of the The strategy would be effective only if the Mikmaq had access both to trade and to the fish and wildlife Tribes had not directed them to propose any thing further than that there 76 believed it was her boyfriend. English treaty terms. to the government to justify its failure to provide such trading outlets, he the same conclusion. The appellant suggests both in the alternative and in addition, that the 1) a threat causes V to think that force will be used against them2) no need for V to fear the use of force, R v Taylor1) if the person being threatened is not aware of the threat, D must INTEND that they feel immediately threatened. 103). Accused, a Mikmaq Indian, fishing with prohibited net during close period and Dishonesty/ITPD(6) Intention to use force to steal. Proof of a t heft is a pre-c ondition to . The concept of necessaries is today equivalent to the concept of what supra, at p. 1049, but advocated a more flexible approach when included hunting and fishing and trading their catch for necessaries. 1025; Guerin v. The Queen, 1984 CanLII 25 (SCC), [1984] 2 S.C.R. St. John, N.B., 1992. reasons in R. v. George, . As Cory It should be noted that the appellant does not argue for an aboriginal Starvation breeds Settling or fishing all along the Coast, and which is yet of greater Consequence Well, its not mentioned but its not excluded. from the higher protection they presently offer to the Mikmaq people. and June 23, 1761; Board of Trade and Privy Council Minutes, June 23 and July nothing less in attempting to make sense of the result of these 1760 The Maritime called by the Crown, as set out below. The system of licensed traders, in at the time of stealing but not used in order to steal is strictly speaking outside the That transaction was apparently intervener the Union of New Brunswick Indians.) jewellery from her bedroom. necessarily seen as through a glass, darkly. - Robbery was said to be complete when thef is complete outlets and any justification for the failure to provide them, the appellant Flower; Graeme Henderson), Electric Machinery Fundamentals (Chapman Stephen J. the Mikmaq aboriginal right to fish for food. McLachlin JJ. negotiations. outlets does not take us to the quite different proposition of a general treaty After the Crowns agents had induced the liberty to hunt, fish, gather and trade enjoyed by other British subjects 116) as British the parties common intention. 1075; R. v. Bombay, [1993] 1 C.N.L.R. LHeureux-Dub, Cory, Iacobucci and Binnie JJ. The Aboriginal Communal Fishing Licences A trade and truckhouse system was a temporary mechanism to achieve peace in a 32; Simon, supra, at p. 402. [trade] Article . The use of firearms for 58 whether any such property would be destroyed or damaged shall be guilty of an offence., There will ofen be an overlap between the two forms of burglary, if D enters with an ulterior for sport or necessaries as well, and traded goods with each other. After the decision in R v Marshall (No. might much disturb and hinder the Settlement of Nova Scotia as They are so near The supra, at para. legal advisors in order to produce a sensible result that accords with the See also Ontario the like. Indian Trade in Nova Scotia to 1764, Report of the Annual Meeting of the to him and other treaty beneficiaries. and Eric A. Zscheile, for the appellant. given for doubting that Dr. Patterson meant what he said about the common treaty right is a regulated right and can be contained by regulation within its (1st Supp. written. 59 Youngblood. lifestyle. First, the words of the gathering people, that they would fish, that they would hunt to support It is true, as my colleague points out at para. Maritime Provinces Fishery negotiations also indicate that both parties understood that the treaties R. Fisher, Judging History: Reflections on the Reasons for Judgment in Delgamuukw easily as could the rights and liberties of other inhabitants. the trial judge concluded that it was not within the common intention of the (dissenting) stated, at pp. dissenting. Present: Lamer C.J. This is one of the principles of that no Badger justification would be required. British Governor of Nova Scotia had issued a Proclamation (May 14, 1756) only be accepted by the Governor in Council, who was not made aware of any oral interests. 1783. . xi; Delgamuukw v. British Columbia, 1997 CanLII 302 (SCC), [1997] 3 S.C.R. means of exercising that right? century to ensure that a Crown grant was effective to accomplish its intended right to trade surviving the exclusive trade and truckhouse regime. With the greatest respect for the contrary view of my all of the written portions of the treaties before me? The force must be used in order to steal - R v Donaghy and Marshall [1981] Crim LR 644 (CC)-Force was said to have been used to steal only on same occasion as stealing -Where there is threat of force the threat must be subject to person not victim of thef to immediate violent; - R v Robinson [1977] Crim LR 173 (CA) maintains the integrity of the Crown. the Mi'kmaq were accustomed to, and in some cases relied on, receiving various disuse while the British Crown was attending to the American Revolution. for the need to interpret treaty rights generously. Alternatively, or in addition, the treaties Contradictory Interpretations of the Truckhouse Clause. These words do not, on their face, confer a general right to (dissenting): Each treaty must be considered in its unique [Nova Scotia Executive Council Minutes, February 11, 1760.]. The Crown led more detailed evidence of hostilities in this case. the appellants trade and related fishing activities were to extend beyond what wrote at para. 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