Paul Indian Band [Kapasawin townsite]

In June 1996, the First Nation submitted a specific claim to Canada regarding the mismanagement of the sale of IR 133B. Canada accepted it for negotiation in July 1998, but the First Nation did not agree with the basis on which Canada was willing to negotiate compensation. In 2001, the First Nation requested that the Commission hold an inquiry into which criteria should be applied to determine compensation. The First Nation also submitted a second, related claim in 2000 regarding the wrongful surrender of Kapasawin townsite.

Following an April 2002 planning conference, the parties agreed to adjourn the inquiry into the compensation criteria claim and await Canada’s findings on the Kapasawin surrender claim, which was eventually rejected in July 2003. The First Nation then requested that the ICC conduct an inquiry into the latter claim. The issues relating to this claim were finalized by the parties in January 2004. Further documents were submitted by both the First Nation and Canada, and a community session was held in October 2004. Oral submissions were heard in Edmonton in May 2005. The panel is in deliberations.