Grand Rapids First Nation v. Canada
The Federal Court of Appeal released a decision on September 12, 2014 in <i><a href="http://www.canlii.org/en/ca/fca/doc/2014/2014fca201/2014fca201.html" title="Grand Rapids First Nation v. Canada">Grand Rapids First Nation v. Canada</a></i>, setting aside an order of the Federal Court that upheld the Government of Canada's claim to settlement, litigation brief and solicitor-client privilege over documents it had produced years earlier as exhibits to its own affidavit evidence.
This appellate decision on issues of disclosure comes as part of long-standing litigation between the Opaskwayak, Chemawawin and Misipawistik Cree Nations in Manitoba and the federal government over the latter government's involvement in a Manitoba Hydro project on the Saskatchewan River dating back to the 1960s.