Bill C-25 · 40th Parliament · Stephen Harper
Nunavut Planning and Project Assessment Act
An Act respecting land use planning and the assessment of ecosystemic and socio-economic impacts of projects in the Nunavut Settlement Area and making consequential amendments to other Acts
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- IntroducedMay 12, 2010
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- Stephen HarperPrime Minister
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What it set out to do
On 12 May 2010, The Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, Federal Interlocutor for Métis and Non-Status Indians and Minister of the Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency introduced Bill C-25, An Act respecting land use planning and the assessment of ecosystemic and socio-economic impacts of projects in the Nunavut Settlement Area and making consequential amendments to other Acts (Nunavut Planning and Project Assessment Act), in the House of Commons and it was given first reading. The 1993 Nunavut Land Claims Agreement Act requires that Inuit and the federal government establish a joint regime for resource management through the creation of stand-alone legislation for land use planning and environmental assessment in the Nunavut Settlement Area and the Outer Land Fast Ice Zone. The Nunavut Waters and Nunavut Surface Rights Tribunal Act received Royal Assent in 2002 fulfilling the first part of the obligation. Bill C-25 fulfills Canada's final legislative obligation under the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement of 1993. It implements certain provisions of Articles 10 to 12 of the land claims agreement between the Inuit of the Nunavut Settlement Area and Her Majesty t…
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