On Thursday, September 18, 2003, Madam Justice Gerow of the Supreme Court of British Columbia gave her decision in Heiltsuk Tribal Council v. British Columbia (Minister of Sustainable Resource Management), 2003 BCSC 1422. The case was a judicial review of decisions by different Provincial Crown ministries to permit the construction of a $15 million dryland fish hatchery by Omega Salmon Group Ltd. at Ocean Falls, B.C.
Charles F. Willms and Kevin O'Callaghan of Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP's Vancouver office represented Omega at the hearing.