Shamattawa First Nations v. Canada (Attorney General)

Decided: 2026-10-06. Docket: T-1937-22. Citation: 2026 CanLII 105738 (FC). Procedure — Case management — Federal Courts Rules, Rule 3 — Whether plaintiffs should be denied a summary judgment hearing date — Case management discretion exercised sparingly, subrule 213(1) right to move — Certification Order and litigation plan considered — Motion not “bereft of possibility of success” — Summary judgment process allowed | Procedure — Summary judgment — Scheduling and discretion — Whether compelling reasons justify refusing to schedule summary judgment — Janssen Inc v Sandoz Canada Inc applied — Defendant’s fact-specific suitability concerns left for determination on the motion — No finding that the motion should not even be scheduled — Summary judgment scheduling permitted | Procedure — Class p