Date: 19990512
Docket: A-806-95
CORAM: DESJARDINS J.A.
LÉTOURNEAU J.A.
NOËL J.A.
BETWEEN:
HUNTER EAGLE BELL
Appellant
AND
MINISTER OF INDIAN AND NORTHERN AFFAIRS
MARTIN HORN
MARY ANN (MARION) MCALLISTER (BELL)
WALLACE STACEY
JOHN KIM BELL
KEVIN HAMILTON BELL
LANCE BELL
FLINT EABLE BELL
STAR EAGLE BELL
Respondents
(Respondents)
Heard at Montreal, Quebec, Tuesday, May 11, 1999.
Judgment delivered from the Bench at Montreal, Quebec, Tuesday, May 11, 1999.
REASONS FOR JUDGMENT BY: DESJARDINS J.A.
Date: 19990512
Docket: A-806-95
CORAM: DESJARDINS J.A.
LÉTOURNEAU J.A.
NOËL J.A.
BETWEEN:
HUNTER EAGLE BELL
Appellant
AND
MINISTER OF INDIAN AND NORTHERN AFFAIRS
MARTIN HORN
MARY ANN (MARION) MCALLISTER (BELL)
WALLACE STACEY
JOHN KIM BELL
KEVIN HAMILTON BELL
LANCE BELL
FLINT EABLE BELL
STAR EAGLE BELL
Respondents
REASONS FOR JUDGMENT
DESJARDINS J.A.
[1] We are all of the view that this appeal must fail.
[2] Assuming without deciding that the appellant never received the decision of the Minister of Indian and Northern Affairs dated December 10, 1980, sent to him by registered mail, and that he never became a "person affected thereby" as described in section 47 of the Indian Act1, there is no question that the appellant received the other decision of the Minister dated November 2, 1993, refusing to reopen his case. Yet it took the appellant one year before he started proceedings before the Trial Division.
Section 47 of the Indian Act reads:
| A decision of the Minister made in the exercise of the jurisdiction or authority conferred on him by section 42, 43 or 46 may, within two months from the date thereof, be appealed by any person affected thereby to the Federal Court, if the amount is controversy in the appeal exceeds five hundred dollars or if the Minister consents to an appeal. R.S., c. I-6, s. 47; R.S., c. 10(2nd Supp.), ss. 64, 65. (emphasis added) |
Une décision rendue par le ministre dans l'exercice de la compétence que lui confère l'article 42, 43 ou 46 peut être portée en appel devant la Cour fédérale dans les deux mois de cette décision, par toute personne y intéressée, si la somme en litige dans l'appel dépasse cinq cents dollars ou si le ministre y consent. S.R., ch. I-6, art. 47; S.R., ch. 10(2e suppl.), art. 64 et 65. (nous soulignons) |
[3] The Motion Judge made no error in refusing the appellant an extension of time to file his appeal and in finding that there was no special circumstances warranting such an extension.
[4] This appeal will be dismissed with costs to both respondents.
Alice Desjardins
J.A.
FEDERAL COURT OF APPEAL
Date: 19990512
Docket: A-806-95
BETWEEN:
HUNTER EAGLE BELL
Appellant
AND
MINISTER OF INDIAN AND NORTHERN AFFAIRS
MARTIN HORN
MARY ANN (MARION) MCALLISTER (BELL)
WALLACE STACEY
JOHN KIM BELL
KEVIN HAMILTON BELL
LANCE BELL
FLINT EABLE BELL
STAR EAGLE BELL
Respondents
REASONS FOR JUDGMENT
FEDERAL COURT OF CANADA
APPEAL DIVISION
NAMES OF COUNSEL AND SOLICITORS OF RECORD
COURT NUMBER: A-806-95
STYLE OF CAUSE: HUNTER EAGLE BELL
Appellant
AND
| MINISTER OF INDIAN AND NORTHERN AFFAIRS, MARTIN HORN, MARY ANN (MARION) MCALLISTER (BELL), WALLACE STACEY, JOHN KIM BELL, KEVIN HAMILTON BELL, LANCE BELL, FLINT EABLE BELL, STAR EAGLE BELL, |
Respondents
PLACE OF HEARING: Montreal, Québec
DATE OF HEARING: May 11, 1999
REASONS FOR JUDGMENT OF THE COURT (DESJARDINS, LÉTOURNEAU, NOËL, JJ.A.) DELIVERED FROM THE BENCH BY:
Desjardins J.A.
DATED: May 12, 1999
APPEARANCES:
Mr. Cecil Joe Posman for the Appellant
Ms. Chantal Sauriol for the Respondents
Mr. Stephen Ashkenazy for the Respondent Wallace Stacey
SOLICITORS OF RECORD:
Mr. Cecil Joe Posman for the Appellant
Montreal, Quebec
Morris Rosenberg for the Respondents
Deputy Attorney General of Canada
Ottawa, Ontario
Mr. Stephen Ashkenazy for the Respondent Wallace Stacey
Dollard-des-Ormeaux, Quebec
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