Bill C-37

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	SUMMARY
	This enactment creates the Claim Settlements (Alberta and Saskatchewan) Implementation Act. This new Act establishes mechanisms to facilitate the implementation of those provisions of first nations' claim settlements in Alberta and Saskatchewan that relate to the creation of reserves or the addition of lands to existing reserves. The new Act empowers the Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development to set land apart as a reserve, and allows for the accommodation of third-party rights and interests in that land during the process of setting it apart as a reserve.
	The enactment makes related amendments to the Manitoba Claim Settlements Implementation Act to make the relevant provisions of that Act consistent with the corresponding provisions of the Claim Settlements (Alberta and Saskatchewan) Implementation Act.
	Finally, the enactment makes related amendments to the Saskatchewan Treaty Land Entitlement Act
	(a) to ensure that section 9 of that Act and the provisions of the Claim Settlements (Alberta and Saskatchewan) Implementation Act will not both apply to a given Saskatchewan treaty land entitlement settlement agreement;
	(b) to give legislative confirmation to any NRTA Amendment Agreements between Canada and Saskatchewan (i.e. agreements to vary the Natural Resources Transfer Agreement) that are concluded on terms similar to those of the NRTA Amendment Agreement already confirmed by section 3 of that Act; and
	(c) to effect minor technical changes to that Act.