The Supreme Court of Canada has dismissed an appeal by the Ktunaxa Nation who were arguing that their religious rights were infringed when the BC government approved a development plan for a ski resort on a glacier west of Invermere. The Ktunaxa… argued they were not adequately consulted by the BC government when it approved a development plan for a ski resort the Jumbo Glacier Valley. All nine justices agreed that the provincial government had adequately consulted the Ktunaxa, however, two justices also noted that religious Indigenous would be infringed by the construction of a ski resort in spiritually sensitive land. …However, both Justices Moldaver and Côté agreed with the rest of the Supreme Court bench that the BC government, specifically Minister Steve Thomson at the time, appropriately balanced the Ktunaxa religious rights with the government’s obligation to administer Crown land.