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Supreme Court dismisses N.B. government’s attempt to appeal hunter’s Aboriginal rights – CBC

by ahnationtalk on March 25, 2022150 Views

Bathurst-area man was charged after killing a moose in 2010

Mar 24, 2022

The Supreme Court of Canada has upheld an Appeal Court of New Brunswick decision that found a Bathurst-area man was exercising his Aboriginal rights when he shot and killed a moose 12 years ago.

In a decision filed Thursday, the Supreme Court of Canada dismissed the government of New Brunswick’s application for leave to appeal the decision, which was made last year in the case of Keith Boucher.

“For Mr. Boucher, it’s, it’s a vindication of what he’s been saying all along,” said Kate Gunn, a lawyer representing Boucher, who was charged after killing a moose in 2010.

In 2017, Boucher was found guilty in Bathurst provincial court of unlawfully possessing a moose carcass contrary to Section 58 of the New Brunswick Fish and Wildlife Act.

Read More: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/first-nation-moose-hunter-new-brunswick-1.6396191

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