Yukon to comment on Supreme Court of Canada's decision

WHITEHORSE, Nov. 18 /CNW/ - On Friday, November 19 the Supreme Court of Canada will issue its judgment on the Little Salmon/Carmacks First Nation v. Yukon case, locally referred to as the Paulsen case. This judgment will be available on the Supreme Court of Canada's website at: http://scc.lexum.umontreal.ca/en/.

The Government of Yukon invites media to participate in a technical briefing about this court case. The assistant deputy ministers of Legal Services, Department of Justice, and the Land Claims and Implementation Secretariat, Executive Council Office, will provide an overview of the events leading up to the appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada and comment on the decision.

Media are invited to phone in. A two page fact sheet will be available online at: http://www.gov.yk.ca/news/get-the-facts.html.

When:	Friday, November 19, 2010
	Pacific Standard Time 10:20 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.:  Dial-in to conference or arrive at the boardroom 10:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.:  Comments followed by a question period
Where:	Executive Council Office boardroom Government of Yukon administration building 2071 - 2^nd Avenue Whitehorse, Yukon
	Telephone:  [phone] Conference ID:  1112386 #
	Note: If you are calling in, for line quality, please use an individual line instead of a conference phone.

For further information:

Patch Groenewegen
Communications, Executive Council Office
867-667-8968
[email protected]