Leave to appeal granted for Hirsekorn case

The Métis Nation of Alberta has been granted leave to appeal in the Hirsekorn case. The decision was released Jan. 23 by Madame Justice Constance Hunt of the Alberta Court of Appeal in Calgary. The R. v. Hirsekorn case was initiated as a test case as part of the Métis Nation’s strategy to further Métis harvesting rights. “In her reasons for judgement, Justice Hunt clearly recognizes that this is a case about fulfilling the promise of section 35(1) of the Constitution Act, 1982 to Alberta Métis,” Audrey Poitras, president of the MNA, said in a news release.