Powley has given us the general criteria that has been applied, and there are a couple
of decisions now in appeal from the Atlantic region, called Vauteur and Babin, where the courts have found, in the first instance, with the particular facts in those cases, that in terms of an individual claiming a defence as a Metis to a charge o
f fishing without a licence, a historic Metis community has not been found
in those particular areas in the Atlantic ...[+++].La décision Powley énonce les critères généraux à appliquer. Dans la région de l'Atlantique, les décisions Vauteur et Babin sont actuellement portées en appel.