Water Rights and Water Stewardship: What About Aboriginal Peoples?
The province of Alberta is currently reviewing its approach to the allocation, licensing and transfer of water rights. Several groups of experts have submitted their recommendations to the government, who has also announced that it would hold public consultations on the proposed reforms. The debate...
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ftunivcalgary:oai:prism.ucalgary.ca:1880/47784 2023-08-27T04:09:27+02:00 Water Rights and Water Stewardship: What About Aboriginal Peoples? Laidlaw, David K. Passelac-Ross, Monique 2010-03 application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/1880/47784 https://doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/34496 eng eng Canadian Institute of Resources Law University of Calgary Law http://www.cirl.ca (2010) 107 Resources 1-8 http://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/34496 0714-5918 http://hdl.handle.net/1880/47784 water rights water stewardship water Aboriginal Peoples Newsletter 2010 ftunivcalgary https://doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/34496 2023-08-06T06:25:04Z The province of Alberta is currently reviewing its approach to the allocation, licensing and transfer of water rights. Several groups of experts have submitted their recommendations to the government, who has also announced that it would hold public consultations on the proposed reforms. The debate on the future of water rights appears to pay scant, if any, attention to the potential rights to water asserted by First Nations. This article analyzes the potential for the existence of Aboriginal rights to water, briefly examines their nature, and suggests that the province should fully engage Aboriginal peoples in the current debate on water rights and in water management decision-making and water stewardship. No Original workshop funded by the Alberta Law Foundation and the Canadian Boreal Initiative. Resources is funded by Nexen. Journal/Newspaper First Nations PRISM - University of Calgary Digital Repository |
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The province of Alberta is currently reviewing its approach to the allocation, licensing and transfer of water rights. Several groups of experts have submitted their recommendations to the government, who has also announced that it would hold public consultations on the proposed reforms. The debate on the future of water rights appears to pay scant, if any, attention to the potential rights to water asserted by First Nations. This article analyzes the potential for the existence of Aboriginal rights to water, briefly examines their nature, and suggests that the province should fully engage Aboriginal peoples in the current debate on water rights and in water management decision-making and water stewardship. No Original workshop funded by the Alberta Law Foundation and the Canadian Boreal Initiative. Resources is funded by Nexen. |
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Water Rights and Water Stewardship: What About Aboriginal Peoples? |
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Canadian Institute of Resources Law |
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