Judge reserves decision on forestry plan challenge by First Nations … – CBC
Group of chiefs seeking injunction to block government from giving industry more Crown wood
A Court of Queen’s Bench judge has reserved decision on an application by First Nations chiefs to block the provincial government’s new forestry plan, which gives industry access to more Crown wood.
Justice Judy Clendening will rule Friday at 1:30 p.m. whether to issue an interim injunction on the government signing final agreements with private companies.
But the court heard on Monday that one deal has already been finalized.
J.D. Irving Ltd.’s lawyer Mahmud Jamal revealed the company’s agreement was signed last Wednesday and Thursday, one day after Premier David Alward told CBC News the deal would be ready “within the very next few days.”
