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Displaying 76 - 80 of 162Land Claims and Self-Government Agreement among the Tlicho and the Government of the Northwest Territories and the Government of Canada.
The present Agreement is the first combined land, resources and self-government Agreement in the Northwest Territories. Canada, the Government of the Northwest Territories(GNWT) and the Tlicho are Parties to the Agreement. The Agreement provides the Tlicho with ownership of a single block of 39,000 square kilometres of land, including subsurface resources, adjacent to or surrounding the four Tlicho communities. The Agreement also provides for self-government. A regional Tlicho Government was created with law-making authority over Tlicho Citizens in their communities and on their lands.
First Nations Assessment Appeal Regulations (SOR/2007-241).
The present Regulations are made under the First Nations Fiscal Management Act. For the purpose of the Regulation “assessable property” means reserve land, an interest in reserve lands or a right to occupy, possess or use reserve lands, that is subject to assessment under a property assessment law. Section 4 establishes that any person may appeal an assessment or a reconsideration of an assessment of the assessable property to an assessment review board established by the Council of the First Nation. Appel procedures are set out in sections 3 to 13. The text consists of 14 sections.
Kelowna Accord Implementation Act (S.C. 2008, c. 23).
The present Act ratifies the “Kelowna Accord” and the Government of Canada shall immediately take all measures necessary to implement the terms of the accord, known as the “Kelowna Accord”, that was concluded on 25 November 2005 at Kelowna, British Columbia, by the Prime Minister of Canada, the first ministers of each of the provinces and territories of Canada and the leaders of the Assembly of First Nation the Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, the Metis National Council, the Native Womens’ Association of Canada and the Congress of Aboriginal Peoples. The text consists of 3 sections.
Gwich'in Land Claim Settlement Act (S.C. 1992, c. 53).
The present Act declares valid the Agreement between Her Majesty the Queen in right of Canada and the Gwich’in, as represented by the Gwich’in Tribal Council, signed on 12 April 1992. Section 5 establishes that for the purposes of carrying out its objectives, the Renewable Resources Board established by the afore-mentioned Agreement has the capacity,rights, powers and privileges of a natural person. The text consists of 11 sections.
Implements: Gwich’in Comprehensive Agreement. (1992-04-22)
Nelson House First Nation Flooded Land Act (S.C. 1997, c. 29).
The purpose of the present Act is to ensure the correct and efficient implementation of the Northern Flood Agreement, signed on 12 December 1977 with a view to the Nelson House First Nation. The text – consisting of 7 sections – deals, inter alia, with the following aspects: definitions, claims, arbitrations, interpretations.
Implements: Northern Flood Agreement (1977-12-16)
Implements: Indian Act (R.S.C. 1985, c. I-5). (2015-04-02)