Bill C-49
If you have any questions or comments regarding the accessibility of this publication, please contact us at accessible@parl.gc.ca.
|
|
RECOMMENDATION |
|
|
|
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
providing for the ratification and the bringing into effect of the
Framework Agreement on First Nation Land Management''.
|
|
|
|
SUMMARY |
|
|
|
This enactment ratifies and brings into effect the Framework
Agreement on First Nation Land Management concluded between
certain first nations and Her Majesty in right of Canada. It provides for
the establishment of an alternative land management regime that gives
first nations community control over the lands and resources within
their reserves. It also gives first nations the power to enact laws
respecting interests in and licences in relation to first nation land and
respecting the development, conservation, protection, management,
use and possession of that land.
|
|
|
|
The enactment provides for a community approval process that
enables first nation members to vote on a proposed land code and an
individual agreement between the first nation and Her Majesty. The
community approval process is monitored by a verifier jointly
appointed by the Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development
and the first nation.
|
|