Federal Court - Christian Aboriginal Infrastructure Developments ...

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[1213] In his viva voce evidence, Mr. Van Leeuwen said that his company does consulting work for
a diversified client base, working roughly half the time with clients in Canada and the United States.
The remaining 50 percent of the time is spent working with clients “offshore”. His company,
IWMG, has offices in Beijing, China and Vancouver, British Columbia.
[1214] Mr. Van Leeuwen observed that, based on the outlook for the short-term log supply and the
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Government’s commitment to provide SYFC with a long-term THA, the Plaintiffs proceeded with
the Phase 1 construction plan in 1997-1998. This is a fact. The Plaintiffs did embark on the
construction of the mill, having regard to these factors.
[1215] Additionally, Mr. Van Leeuwen stated, at pages 3 to 4 of his report, that Phase 1 of the mill
project was undertaken due to a number of favourable factors.
[1216] Mr. Van Leeuwen noted that in January 1998, the AAC for commercial timber harvesting
was 450,000 m 3 . The draft timber management plan, otherwise known as the draft FMP, estimated
that an AAC in excess of 1.5 million m 3 was sustainable. The 1998 AAC was only 25 percent of the
potential AAC. Mr. Van Leeuwen referred to this as a matter of fact and again, he was weakly
challenged on the source of his information. He was not shaken.
[1217] Mr. Van Leeuwen noted that the Yukon AAC of 450,000 m 3 was almost fully allocated to
individual permit holders, most of whom were looking for a viable market for their timber. In crossexamination,
he was asked about the source of this information and at pages 1959-1960, he replied