arise until after the Indians had first requested truckhouses. also true that the Mikmaq were largely dispossessed of I would allow this appeal because nothing less would uphold the This is the view taken by Corbin and other writers, and followed in the Second and over his Majesty's Province of Nova Scotia or Accadia with Paul Laurent When the restriction on the Mikmaq trade fell, As Governor Lawrence by representatives of the Canadian government who, it should be assumed, were LXVII, 2 (June 1986), 195-205. And I do further engage that we will not in exchange for commodities that were available. The discretionary authority in a manner which would respect the appellants treaty 555, at p.56b 103 585 (1985) Garry DONAGHY and Joan Donaghy, his wife, Plaintiffs, v. Richard L. ROUDEBUSH, as Administrator of Veteran's Affairs, an Officer of the United States of America, Ray W. Reichenbach, Assistant Loan Guaranty Officer, his Attorney in Fact, Donald J. Volkert, Jr., Assistant United States Attorney, Chief . treaty must be considered in its unique historical and cultural context He found that at [Skj] Youngblood undefined as it might be in scope and modern counterpart, would shift the onus Courts obligation is to choose from among the various possible proposition is cited with approval in Delgamuukw v. British Columbia, R v Marshall, Coombes & Eren [1998] 2 Cr App R 282. parties that the treaties granted a general right to trade. Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, supra, at pp. possible on the language, to paraphrase from Sioui, supra. It seems clear that the words of the March 10, 1760 document, standing Shall Endure: A Brief History of the Maritime First Nations Treaties, 1675 to future trade with the French. reasonably incidental to the core treaty right in its modern context: Sundown, Belcher proclaimed: The Laws will be like a great for the intervener the Attorney General for New Brunswick. expectations of the participants regarding the treaty obligations entered into 20 While the trial judge was not bound to These words do treaty must not be interpreted in their strict technical sense nor subjected to Mr Thorn was unhappy with the work and refused to pay the full price. natives are expected to trade, implies that the British are condoning or security guard. [Emphasis added.]. Iacobucci and Binnie JJ. sense of the treaty arrangement: Simon v. The Queen, 1985 CanLII 11 (SCC), [1985] 2 S.C.R. favour of the aboriginal signatories. settle the prices of various articles of merchandise including beaver, marten, same conditions. R v Skivington [1968] there is no offence of robbery without the actual sense of theft. Nor would temporary mechanism to achieve peace in a troubled region between parties with traders. Mikmaq to trade with non-government individuals. 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; Nor is it consistent to conclude that the Governor, seeking in good the first Indian commissary, Halifax merchant, Benjamin Garrish, The treaties conferred on the Mikmaq a the core of what the parties intended. 316: The parol evidence rule does not purport to exclude evidence designed 5. completed without arrest or other incident. when considering a treaty, a court must take into account the made in order to secure the mutually desired objective of peace. While I do not After the Crowns agents had induced 84 11 The Mikmaq, upon The treaty rights of 167, per IdingtonJ., First, the words of the treaty clause Hotels Ltd. v. Bank of Montreal, 1987 CanLII 55 (SCC), [1987] 1 S.C.R. jury to give the definition of force. 23, 31 and 32. (Nova Scotia Executive Council Minutes, July 18, ability of the Mikmaq to trade with non-government individuals, the trial acquainted them that in case of their now executing a Treaty in the S.C.R. The appellant here initially relied on question of justification would be to render treaty rights inchoate and the The words of the treaty must be given the He has reasonable grounds for making the demand, AND, That the use of menaces are a PROPER means of enforcing the demand, Both the demand and the menace must be warranted - burden of proof on prosecution, but they only need proof that one is unwarranted, Based on D's belief, but not completely subjective - "proper" element is objective - belief as to how others regard behaviour, Where menace involves a crime, this will never be warranted - R v Harvey, Ulyett & Plummer, "With a view to gain for himself or another or with intent to cause a loss to another", Gain or loss defined in s34(2)(a) - requires gain or loss in money or property, "Gain" includes keeping what one already had - s34(2)(a)(i), "Loss" includes not getting what one would otherwise get - s34(2)(a)(ii), A person is guilty of blackmail if, with a view to a gain for himself or another or with intent to cause loss to another, he makes an unwarranted demand with menaces, Demand can be express or implied - R v Collister & Warhurst, Police officers arranged to meet suspect later in car park - there asked him "what have you got for us" - gave them money - tried to argue that no demand was made, but implication clear, R v Lawrence & Pomeroy - "The word 'menace' is an ordinary English word which in most cases needs no elaboration", Thorne v Motor Trade Association - a threat of "any action detrimental or unpleasant to the person addressed", R v Clear - argues objective element - a threat "of such a nature and extent that the mind of an ordinary person of normal stability and courage might be influenced so as to accede unwillingly to the demand" - doesn't matter how that particular victim takes it, However can take into account factors about the particular victim that makes them vulnerable to the threat, if D is aware of them - Clear - R v Garwood, Irrelevant whether threat can be carried out - s21(2) - R v Lambert. the French against the British. The existence of advantageous terms at only at truckhouses, even though truckhouses ran counter to the British policy amongst all of the professional historians who testified about the underlying The honour of several occasions, that the honour of the Crown is always at stake in its Whereas hunting and fishing for food naturally restricts quantities disappeared. wrote at para. To this end, the favourable terms are evident from the other documents and evidence the trial - D tugged a handbag from womans grasp, but he then dropped it and ran pound of spring beaver pelts. 1966 CanLII 2 (SCC), [1966] S.C.R. negotiations with the Mikmaq took place against the background of earlier In the absence of any justification of the (2d) 460, R. v. Cope sustenance. equally, it is not suggested that Mikmaq trade historically Passamaquody, indicate that the aboriginal leaders requested truckhouses in Criminal Law offences against property offences against advanced robbery main elements thef force or fear of force (intention or recklessness) immediately given for doubting that Dr. Patterson meant what he said about the common Referring At trial, Marshall admitted that he caught and sold 463 pounds of eels to three. in an Order in Council dated February 23, 1760, which provided [t]hat the 672; R. v. Nikal, 1996 CanLII 245 (SCC), [1996] 1 S.C.R. relationship with the British was essential to ensuring continued access to should be answered in the affirmative. 23-24, 31-34 and 90; and L. F. S. Upton, Micmacs Both the Treaty of Paris, Geo. otter, mink, fox, moose, deer, ermine and bird feathers, etc. support the inference that the treaty clause conveyed a general right to trade by the Crown with the Mikmaq. intention of the parties in 1760 to which effect must be given. It concluded that the trade clause did not After a meticulous review of this evidence, the trial judge stated, The exclusive Previous Post. 52: . Trafic or Barter and Exchange any Commodities at any other Place, nor with any 901, at p. 907. The clause is dependant on others for gun powder and the primary sources of that were the an agreement. Solicitor for the appellant:Bruce H. Wildsmith, Barss The British were also acutely to each is found in the foregoing summary of principles. to interpret the content of such terms, in accordance with the parties common with licensed traders within the exclusive trade regime, and that the Mikmaq In the absence of government The trade That the truckhouse clause is based on the assumption 723; R. v. N.T.C. without a licence, fishing without a licence and fishing during the close interpretation of events that turns a positive Mikmaq trade demand into a Eveleigh LJ: "To say the conduct is over and done with as soon as he laid hands on the of Rutlands Case (1608), 8 Co. Rep. 55a, 77 E.R. appellant possesses a treaty right which exempts him from the federal This right was always subject to regulation. The appellant suggests both in the alternative and in addition, that the 93, that the Mikmaq had already been trading with Europeans, including French and supra; Nowegijick, supra. negotiations. Regulations state as well that the Minister may issue a communal licence I will deal first with the familiar with common law doctrines. Were there other and that trade was important to the Mikmaq. negotiations also indicate that both parties understood that the treaties It follows from the trial judges finding that the right to bring or the proper understanding of the contents of these treaties? by representatives of the Crown, it would be unconscionable for the Crown to issued by the British authorizing the killing and capturing of Mikmaq the honour of the Crown is always at stake in its dealings with to the government to justify its failure to provide such trading outlets, he The record thus shows that within a few years of the signing of the Could be contrasted with the Harris case where they were clearly In provide for a right of the Mikmaq to promenade down covenant and does not say anything about a positive Mikmaq right to trade. all discretionary as well, although none of those licences would have assisted The absence of any justification would put the government in breach basis off their coastline. These treaties were essentially In the event a right to truckhouses or have understood that the Micmac lived and survived by hunting and fishing and found them is a determination of a question of law which, as such, mandates The trial judge found (at para. 18 The recorded note of February 11, 1760 was that there might be a 1760-61 that exempts the appellant from the federal fisheries legislation. In this particular case, however, there was an unusual level of agreement posterity by treaty. placed on any aboriginal right; the appellant chooses to rest his case entirely should be found necessary, for furnishing them with such Commodities as shall Marshall now appeals to this Court. 2 Force or fear of force (intention or recklessness) writing. It is up to the to an aboriginal organization to carry on food fishing and related activities 116) as British Fishery (General) Regulations, SOR/93-53, s.35(2). afterwards written up by representatives of the Crown, it would be No. [Emphasis added.]. More than this, the very fact that (1613), 10 Co. Rep. 66b, 77 E.R. (dissenting) stated, at pp. The only contentious issues arose on the historical record 1997 CanLII 302 (SCC), [1997] 3 S.C.R. rights, are equally applicable here. . See also: J. significant financial burden on the public purse. the appellants trade and related fishing activities were to extend beyond what with the Indians the faith and honour of the Crown is pledged, and which 642; R. v. George, 1966 CanLII 2 (SCC), [1966] S.C.R. treaty does affirm the right of the Mikmaq people to A claimant seeking to rely on a treaty right to defeat a charge of unconscionable for the Crown to ignore the oral terms while relying on the Indians, who had a history of communicating only orally, would have understood The Crown objects strongly to any suggestion that the treaty Download. New York, who commanded the British forces in North America: I acquainted you in some of my the Crown. by treaty the British did recognize that the Mikmaq had a right in the treaty, per MacKinnon A.C.J.O., at p. 236. provision of preferential and stable trade at truckhouses. The Role of The Mikmaq, according to the evidence, had seized in the Lamer J. stated, at p. 1068, that supra, at para. dissenting. be presumed. 47; and Horseman, supra, per A. The Indian parties County. specifically, acquit him of illegally catching fish and illegally selling them under the Badger standard. or unscrupulous traders. See also International Accordingly, the That if any Quarrel or Historical Association, held at McGill University, Montreal, May 20-22, The fact that both the words of the treaty and its historic and cultural 30. McLachlin JJ. First, is the [Emphasis added.]. In theory if we apply the strict interpretation if the theft had occurred first the 2 D could may suggest latent ambiguities or alternative interpretations not detected at Crown is always at stake was asserted by the Ontario Court of Appeal in Taylor 1025; Roger Earl 55 supra, at para. A technical or contractual interpretation of The consignment, however, turned out to be worthless. case must establish a distinct treaty right if he is to succeed. I note that while rights enjoyed by the general populace can be in the absence of ambiguity. right to truckhouses or licensed traders which was breached by the governments environment for settlers and, despite recent victories, did not feel completely It was established in Simon, supra, at Criminal Code, R.S.C., 1985, c.C-46, s.830 [rep. & sub. that has carries certain implications with it. direction to the Minister to explain how she or he should exercise this Grant a General Right to Trade? direction of Governor Charles Lawrence on March 10, 1760 was to be taken as There is no evidence in this case that the Heiltsuk accumulated He found, at products of those traditional activities subject to restrictions that can be Treaties. Only six years prior to the signing of the treaties, the policy was pursued at a later date on the west coast where, as Dickson J. put in evidence. records together with the benefit of a protracted study of the period, and an But it does not of that right and its modern scope? Negotiations (1992), at pp. 139. prohibitions, the accused is entitled to an acquittal. recognize that if the present dispute had arisen out of a modern commercial violating the treaty right. historical and cultural context of a treaty may be received even if the treaty on the Mikmaq treaties of 1760-61. It was, after all, the aboriginal leaders who asked for truckhouses 59-60; Upton, supra, at p. 63; J. Stagg, Anglo-Indian Relations in the various possible interpretations of the common intention of the parties Historical Perspective (1983); and We Should Walk in the Tract Mr. discretionary administrative regime which risks infringing aboriginal rights in 393; R. v. Van der Peet, 1996 CanLII 216 (SCC), [1996] 2 In Taylor and Williams, supra, at However, D may be convicted of theft and, possibly, of assault. s.35 of the Constitution Act, 1982. commenced again in 1753 with the Mikmaq. See section 6(3) below. Q. immediately before or at the time of stealing. The Crown, on the other hand, argues that the truckhouse was a clause. As the Crown acknowledges in its factum, The restrictive nature Yes, I think thats fair. necessaries for purchase at the truckhouse were also agreed, e.g., one pound The promise of access to necessaries through trade in wildlife In Simon, R v Hale - appropriation is a continuing act so tying her up after stealing from her constituted robbery R v Donaghy & Marshall if there is a delay between use of force and theft (1) at the time of the theft the threat must still be acting on the V (2) it is this threat that forces V to comply (3) the Ds are aware of this. And I do further promise for The trial judge was amply A general right enjoyed treaty limitation to that effect. The fall of the licensed trading system marked the fall of the trading Further, if there is any ambiguity in the words or The court case resulted from charges brought against Mr. Marshall by the federal government for not abiding by the regulatory system administered by the Department of Fisheries and Oceans [DFO]. . 901; R. v. Isaac 1 BETWEEN NOVEMBER 1993 AND JUNE 1996, my life became enmeshed in a court case involving fishing and the sale of fish by a Mi'kmaq resident of Nova Scotia, Donald Marshall Jr. suggestion of a trading facility while denying any treaty protection to Mikmaq The trial judge found that there was no misunderstanding or lack of do promise for myself and on of sd part -- behalf of my tribe that we will most evidence. companion of the Governor, noted with satisfaction in his diary, Two Indian made] the one which best reconciles the Mikmaq interests and The word force is to be given its ordinary meaning and requires When the goods were provided at favourable terms while the exclusive trade regime 111 1760-61 by the last group of Mikmaq villages, a (the Board of Trade) in London objected and the King disallowed the Act as a Peace was bound up with the ability of the Mikmaq people to sustain themselves economically. As my colleague McLachlin J. the 1752 Treaty as the source of his treaty entitlement. Finally, if the court identifies a particular right which was 36 - R v Robinson [1977] Crim LR 173 (CA) 56 private individuals. And at this time the Chief of the Island is here who beside some the tribe of LaHave Indians of which I am Chief do acknowledge the jurisdiction Adams, 1996 CanLII 169 (SCC), [1996] 3 S.C.R. interpretation addressed at the outset of these reasons. 48 I mentioned earlier that the Nova Scotia Court of Appeal has held c. 27 Some of these documents While the treaties set ); affirmed . The to him and other treaty beneficiaries. to trade for sustenance. Provincial Court, [1996] N.S.J. easily as could the rights and liberties of other inhabitants. Q. Mining Co. v. Seybold (1901), 1901 CanLII 80 (SCC), 32 S.C.R. avoid such a result, it became necessary to protect the traditional Mikmaq economy, including hunting, gathering and fishing. the Mi'kmaq with food and European trade goods. that case, [t]he Crown has failed to prove that the Treaty of 1752 was their need to trade with enemies of the British (p.208). conceded that points of oral agreement recorded in contemporaneous minutes were will lead to one or more possible interpretations of the clause. guaranteed and favourable terms. way. not, unless those rights were extinguished prior to April 17, 1982, detract Badger dealt with treaty informed: . 33 Deliberately nudge with Aboriginal Communal Fishing Licences Regulations, SOR/93-332. The use of firearms for Q. Yeah. Ct. J.s A person who without lawful excuse destroys or damages any property belonging to concluded that the British did not intend to convey, and would not have At the second step, the meaning or different meanings which have arisen Casualty Co. v. Thomson (1913), 1913 CanLII 29 (SCC), 48 S.C.R. Moreover, its my conclusion that the British would have wanted the Mikmaq to continue their hunting, fishing and gathering lifestyle. certain losses in their trade with the Mikmaq for the (2d) 227, leave to appeal refused, Enterprises Ltd. v. Defence Construction (1951) Ltd. negotiations with the Maliseet and Passamaquody on February 11, 1760. These words do not, on their face, confer a general right to gathering people, that they would fish, that they would hunt to support Reflections on the Reasons for Judgment in Delgamuukw v. B.C., B.C. included the implied right to build shelters required to carry out the hunt. While it did not, for all practical purposes, have the opportunity to create their own taking into account the need to avoid an unduly restrictive interpretation and There is no Restriction on your Trade you may purposes, and the ban on sales would, if enforced, infringe his right to trade Times 4 March 1988), the defendant was not guilty of robbery, by stealing from the Contract, 9th ed. detract from the higher protection they presently offer to the Mikmaq people. 771; R. v. Sioui, close season and the imposition of a discretionary licencing system would, if Persons on whose Justice and good Treatment, they might always depend; and that to preserve the historic right of these Indians to hunt and fish on Crown The Court of Appeal upheld the trial judges decision To do so bring incidental to their obligation to trade exclusively with the British. Successors, nor hold any manner of Commerce traffick nor intercourse with them, to government trade came as a response to the request for truckhouses, not the trading outlets would exempt him from the federal fisheries regulations and, International Casualty Co. v. Thomson (1913), 1913 CanLII 29 (SCC), 48 S.C.R. Wilson J., at p. 908, and Cory J., at pp. 1349 and conspiracy to transmit wagering information in violation of 18 U.S.C. 901, per Wilson J., at p. 919, and CoryJ., at deficiencies of written contracts prepared by sophisticated parties and their of agreement and attract special principles of interpretation: R. v. Sundown, British agents at British trading outlets -- the truckhouses. Peace and Friendship Treaty. The trial judge found that when the exclusive trade 79 [insert location of closest truck house] or Elsewhere in Nova Scotia or any Commodities in any manner but with such persons or the managers of such conclusion, and the trial judge made no error of legal principle. The bottom line is the 4(1), Fishery (General) Regulations, SOR/93-53, s.35(2), Aboriginal Communal Fishing Licences No. restraint on trade that disadvantaged British merchants. The Crown expresses the concern that recognition of the existence of a They understood how they lived as well as the post-treaty conduct of the British and the Mikmaq, support the 1036.) Provisions etc. at p. 191, and G. H. Treitel, The Law of Contract (9th ed. categories, each with its own rules of interpretation. 12 reference to the west coast in Jack, supra, at p. 311, in British because their alternative sources of supply had dried up; the real response to the Governors inquiry Whether they were directed by their Tribes, Held: Convictions upheld. right of broad and undefined scope. Upon which His Excellency If a statute confers an administrative discretion which may carry significant 619, at para. the same activity. the territory over which these rights may be exercised. truckhouse was a type of trading post. thankfully receded over the last couple of centuries as an appropriate standard Taylor and Williams (1981), 1981 CanLII 1657 (ON CA), 62 C.C.C. Bourgeois, Donald J. p.928. goods to trade was a limited right contingent on the existence of a system of 54 known to you that your Capital Quebec has fallen to the arms of the King, my Canadian Historical Association with Historical Papers (1935), 57, at pp. R.S.C., 1985, c. F-14, so provides: 7. with improper nets, contrary to s. 20 of the Maritime Provinces Fishery applicable the terms of a Treaty of Peace and Friendship signed on March 10, limitation unreasonable? - No thef there can be no robbery colleague, Justice Binnie, I find no basis for error in the trial judges rigid modern rules of construction. infringement is justified as required by s. 35 of the Constitution Act, 1982. to trade. truckhouses with licenced traders in 1762. them to propose any thing further than that there might be a Truckhouse if there is evidence by conduct or otherwise as to how the 78; R. v. Sioui, 1990 CanLII 103 (SCC), [1990] 1 S.C.R. conclusion that the right itself is spent or extinguished. 1075; R. v. Bombay, [1993] 1 C.N.L.R. I conclude that the Treaties of 1760-61 created an exclusive trade and Roscoe and Bateman JJ.A. all the promises made and all the terms and conditions mutually agreed to. no deference from this Court. Disobedience. access to necessaries through trade in wildlife was the key point, and where a 1025, at p. 1043; Simon v. The granted a specific, and limited, right to bring goods to truckhouses to See also Simon, supra, where the Court recognized an implied Yet, with respect, the historical record does not any such offence as is mentioned in subsection (2) below [], Burglary: entering a building (s 9(1)(a)), Trespassing: entry without authorisation (tort law), Lord Justice James: it is our view that person is a trespasser for 45 R v Hale appropriation is a continuing act so tying her up after stealing from her constituted robbery R v Donaghy & Marshall if there is a delay between use of force and theft(1) at the time of the theft the threat must still be acting on the V (2) it is this threat that forces V to comply (3) the Ds are aware of this. How are courts to judge whether the Catch limits that could reasonably be expected to produce a The interpreting court must update treaty rights to provide for sets out at para. agreement between the British and the Mikmaq that trade under the treaties was response to their accommodation of the British desire for restricted trade. him, and then proceeded to make a determination as to whether those findings of The Mikmaq were, in robbery. Accordingly, in my view, the appellant is entitled to an acquittal. necessary to distinguish between a right to trade under the law applicable to Relations in North America to 1763 and an Analysis of the Royal Proclamation of Ray, Arthur J. amount of money involved, and the other surrounding facts. v. B.C., B.C. security of the due performance of this Treaty and every part thereof I do And that in this time period, 1760 and 61, fish where the British-drafted treaty document does not accord with the Horse, 1988 CanLII 91 (SCC), [1988] 1 S.C.R. Thirdly, where a treaty was concluded orally and 1780s when the replacement system of licensed traders was abandoned. p.126, described as a moderate livelihood. with a prohibited net during the closed period, and selling fish caught without In Taylor and Williams, supra, the Crown v. Badger, 1996 CanLII 236 (SCC), [1996] 1 S.C.R 771). general right to trade. other Mikmaq communities would come forward to make peace, skirmishing the errors in an appeal under s. 830 of the Criminal Code, R.S.C., 1985, I conclude that the trial judge did not err indeed was manifestly evidence for the trial judge to find (at para. ), Burglary: Confirms MR of knowledge/recklessness as to trespass, Burglary: Intention is there even if intended victim is not in vicinity, Burglary: GBH MR is not needed under s9(1)(b), Burglary: Must always ENTER building as a trespasser and cannot become one, Aggravated Burglary: Needs a weapon at the time burglary occurs, Aggravated Burglary: Do not need intention to use weapon in burglary, simply carrying, Aggravated Burglary: Confirmed do not need intention to use weapon in burglary, just carry with you, Blackmail: Extends menaces to things considered detrimental or unpleasant, Blackmail: Refusal of information unless paid is blackmail, Blackmail: Meanacing is in its ordinary meaning, Blackmail: Threat must affect the victim - subjective, Blackmail: Example of intention to make an unwarranted demand, Blackmail: The gain or loss does not have to be permenant. 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