What government action engages with the duty to consult?
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The following excerpt is from Ermineskin Cree Nation v. Canada (Environment and Climate Change), 2021 FC 758 (CanLII):
This raises the question of what government action engages the duty to consult. It has been held that such action is not confined to government exercise of statutory powers: Huu-Ay-Aht First Nation v. British Columbia (Minister of Forests), 2005 BCSC 697, [2005] 3 C.N.L.R. 74, at paras. 94 and 104; Wii’litswx v. British Columbia (Minister of Forests), 2008 BCSC 1139, [2008] 4 C.N.L.R. 315, at paras. 11-15. This accords with the generous, purposive approach that must be brought to the duty to consult. …
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