Implementing the 1993 Nunavut Land Claims Agreement
Following more than 20 years of research and negotiation, the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement (NLCA) was ratified by Inuit and the Government of Canada in 1993. The territory of Nunavut and the Government of Nunavut were established in 1999 pursuant to the Agreement. In exchange for a wide range of co...
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ftjarlp:oai:nordicopenaccess.no:article/17 2023-10-25T01:32:51+02:00 Implementing the 1993 Nunavut Land Claims Agreement Campbell, Alastair Fenge, Terry Hanson, Udloriak 2011-04-30 application/pdf https://arcticreview.no/index.php/arctic/article/view/17 https://doi.org/10.23865/arctic.v2.17 eng eng University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway, Faculty of Law https://arcticreview.no/index.php/arctic/article/view/17/17 https://arcticreview.no/index.php/arctic/article/view/17 doi:10.23865/arctic.v2.17 Copyright (c) 2014 Arctic Review https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 Arctic Review on Law and Politics; Vol. 2 No. 1 (2011) 2387-4562 Inuit Nunavut Agreement Implementation Government of Canada Litigation info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 2011 ftjarlp https://doi.org/10.23865/arctic.v2.17 2023-09-27T22:52:26Z Following more than 20 years of research and negotiation, the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement (NLCA) was ratified by Inuit and the Government of Canada in 1993. The territory of Nunavut and the Government of Nunavut were established in 1999 pursuant to the Agreement. In exchange for a wide range of constitutionally protected rights and benefits, the Inuit of Nunavut ceded to the Crown «all their aboriginal claims, rights, titles and interests . to lands and waters anywhere within Canada .» While much has been accomplished through the Agreement, huge implementation challenges remain. Successful implementation of the Agreement requires a firm and enduring partnership between the Inuit of Nunavut and the governments of Canada and Nunavut. To ensure that this partnership is effective and to safeguard the «honour of the Crown,» the Government of Canada should adopt policies and inter-agency and inter-governmental processes to ensure the Agreement is fully implemented.Keywords: Inuit, Nunavut Agreement, Implementation, Government of Canada, LitigationCitation: Arctic Review on Law and Politics, vol. 2, 1/2011 p. 25–51. ISSN 1891-6252 Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Arctic Arctic review on law and politics inuit Nunavut Nunavut Land Claims Agreement Arctic Review on Law and Politics Arctic Nunavut Canada Arctic Review on Law and Politics 2 1 |
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Following more than 20 years of research and negotiation, the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement (NLCA) was ratified by Inuit and the Government of Canada in 1993. The territory of Nunavut and the Government of Nunavut were established in 1999 pursuant to the Agreement. In exchange for a wide range of constitutionally protected rights and benefits, the Inuit of Nunavut ceded to the Crown «all their aboriginal claims, rights, titles and interests . to lands and waters anywhere within Canada .» While much has been accomplished through the Agreement, huge implementation challenges remain. Successful implementation of the Agreement requires a firm and enduring partnership between the Inuit of Nunavut and the governments of Canada and Nunavut. To ensure that this partnership is effective and to safeguard the «honour of the Crown,» the Government of Canada should adopt policies and inter-agency and inter-governmental processes to ensure the Agreement is fully implemented.Keywords: Inuit, Nunavut Agreement, Implementation, Government of Canada, LitigationCitation: Arctic Review on Law and Politics, vol. 2, 1/2011 p. 25–51. ISSN 1891-6252 |
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