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particular employment required them to be knowledgeable about the Forest Resources in the Yukon
Territories, in particular in southeast Yukon.
[1056] It is undisputed that the Defendant had control of the forest resources. It was the
Defendant’s statutory mandate to encourage economic development. Accordingly, I find that this
meeting fell squarely within the “course of the Defendant’s business”.
2010 FC 495 (CanLII)
(4) Information given deliberately and not on a social occasion
[1057] Equally, there can be no doubt that the information or advice was given deliberately and not
on a social occasion. That meeting on July 15, 1997 was a planned and scheduled meeting,
specifically for the purpose of discussing the availability of wood for the proposed Watson Lake
mill.
(5) Information given in response to a specific inquiry
[1058] Again, that information or advice was given in response to a specific inquiry. This was no
ad hoc occasion. LPL attended the meeting, together with representatives of the B.I.D. Group, in
order to obtain relevant and important information upon which they could rely in making a decision
whether to proceed with the proposed mill for Watson Lake.
(6) Conclusion on reasonable reliance
[1059] Mr. Sewell, the RDG, then the most senior official of the Department in Whitehorse,
testified at trial that he believed that members of the public can rely on what they are told by public