In what circumstances will the Supreme Court of Canada strike a favourable or doubtful expression in treaties and statutes relating to Indians?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Pasco v. C.N.R., 1985 CanLII 320 (BC SC):
In Nowegijick v. R., 1983 CanLII 18 (SCC), [1983] I S.C.R. 29, 83 D.T.C. 5041, [1983] C.T.C. 20, [1983) 2 C.N.L.R. 89, 144 D.L.R. (3d) 193, 46 N.R. 41, Dickson J., now Chief Justice of Canada, stated [at p. 198] that: “… treaties and statutes relating to Indians should be liberally construed and doubtful expressions resolved in favour of the Indian”.
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