Thursday, March 27, 2008

Ontario Helps Get KI into Jail, Now Wants to Get them Out

Minister Bryant is now saying Ontario will bear the legal brunt if KI appeals.

First we help get you in the jail and then we say we will help get you out of jail.

Let's think back to the first decision in the KI litigation

Platinex.
[70] Since 2001, Platinex has received several letters and notices that KI was not consenting to further exploration. It is inconceivable that Platinex did not know that KI was strongly opposing any further drilling on the property.

[71] Platinex decided to gamble that KI would not try to stop them and essentially decided to try to steamroll over the KI community by moving in a drilling crew without notice.

Ontario.

92] The Ontario government was not present during these proceedings, and the evidentiary record indicates that it has been almost entirely absent from the consultation process with KI and has abdicated its responsibility and delegated its duty to consult to Platinex. Yet, at the same time, the Ontario government made several decisions about the environmental impact of Platinex’s exploration programmes, the granting of mining leases and lease extensions, both before and after receiving notice of KI’s TLE Claim.




http://www.canlii.org/en/on/onsc/doc/2006/2006canlii26171/2006canlii26171.html



On Bryants latest position see

http://canadianpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5iA9f_Qq5RWUTt_YPYQOpOCnRTO9w

"There's no way that as long as they're incarcerated, we're going to be able to make much progress," Bryant said. "That's why we opposed in court their incarceration.

"I think we'd also be more than willing to bear the brunt of putting together the legal arguments for the appeal - but they have to launch the appeal."