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His Excellency the Governor General recommends to the House of
Commons the appropriation of public revenue under the circumstances,
in the manner and for the purposes set out in a measure entitled ``An Act
to provide for an integrated system of land and water management in the
Mackenzie Valley, to establish certain boards for that purpose and to
make consequential amendments to other Acts''.
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This enactment implements obligations under land claims
agreements between Her Majesty the Queen and the Gwich'in and the
Sahtu Dene and Metis, respectively. The Gwich'in Comprehensive
Land Claim Agreement was signed April 22, 1992 and the Sahtu Dene
and Metis Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement was signed
September 6, 1993.
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The enactment creates an integrated co-management regime for land
and waters in the Mackenzie Valley.
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The enactment establishes a five-member Land Use Planning Board
in each of Gwich'in and Sahtu settlement areas, a Mackenzie Valley
Land and Water Board consisting - subject to the creation of
additional regional panels - of seventeen members, which includes a
five-member permanent regional panel in each of the Gwich'in and
Sahtu settlement areas, and an eleven-member Environmental Impact
Review Board for the entire Mackenzie Valley.
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The enactment provides for the making of regulations governing
land use, prescribing lists of developments that are to be included or
excluded from the examination of environmental impacts, and
respecting cumulative impact monitoring and audits.
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The Land Use Planning Boards are given the power to develop land
use plans and to ensure that future use of lands is carried out in
conformity with those plans. The Land and Water Board and its panels
are given the power to regulate the use of land and water, including the
issuance of land use permits and water licences. The Environmental
Impact Review Board is the main instrument in the Mackenzie Valley
for the examination of the environmental impact of proposed
developments, including by means of public reviews.
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