If you're referring to the cases that stood before the Supreme Court of Canada on Haida and Taku, no strict timelines were prescribed by the court. However, there were simply broader guidelines as to how Canada should conduct itself in the context of consultations. In Haida and Taku, the court has not alluded to duty to consult, for example, in the context of preparation of legislation. Rather, Haida and Taku dealt with a very different scenario of facts. In that context, certainly some of the guidelines that were provided tended more toward giving a contextual approach to what would be reasonable, meaningful consultations, given the specific context of the program, or transaction, shall we say, being discussed.
