Qikiqtaaluk Wildlife Board v Government of Nunavut

canada, canadian, case law, court opinion, canlii, nuca, 2026nuca5, 2026 nuca 5 (canlii), 2026, nuca, 5, (canlii), 08-24-011-cac, 2026, indigenous peoples, modern treaties, nunavut land claims agreement, treaty interpretation under the honour of the crown, whether article 5 sets out only a decision, making process for wildlife management, co, management regime and inuit harvesting rights under constitution act, 1982, s. 35, article 5 read as framework with evolving instruments, appeal dismissed, natural resources, wildlife harvesting, polar bear management, total allowable harvest and basic needs level, whether total allowable harvest was conflated with basic needs level, nwmb authority to establish total allowable harvest and strike basic needs level under nlca, presumption inuit need entire total allowable harvest for polar bears, appeal dismissed, administrative law, judicial review, wildlife co, management decisions, whether haccs is consistent with the nunavut land claims agreement, zeroing unused credits on a new total allowable harvest decision upheld as conservation, based, nwmb review triggered for credit requests exceeding 25% threshold not shown arbitrary, appeal dismissed, statutory interpretation, treaty provisions, emergency kills, nlca, s. 5.6.52, whether defence of life and property kills cannot be deducted from harvesting allocations, “notwithstanding” clause protects necessity kill legality, not allocation accounting, absence of treaty direction on accounting treated as significant, appeal dismissed