What are the circumstances in which members of an Aboriginal community block access to logging sites?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Husby Forest Products Ltd. v Jane Doe, 2018 BCSC 676 (CanLII):
The circumstances here are similar to those in Behn v. Moulton Contracting Ltd., 2013 SCC 26 at para. 42, where members of an Aboriginal community blocked a forest company’s access to logging sites over which it held timber rights. The company brought a tort action against the group who was blocking the road. The defendants argued that the timber licences held by the company were void because of the government’s failure to adequately consult. That defence was struck as an abuse of process:
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