Bill C-55
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SUMMARY |
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This enactment implements the provisions of the land claim
settlement agreement with the Yukon first nations and, in respect of
certain lands in the Yukon, with the Tetlit Gwich'in, that give certain
dispute-resolution functions to a new board.
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The enactment establishes the Board, providing for up to eleven
members to be appointed by the Minister, one half, excluding the
Chairperson, on the nomination of the Council for Yukon Indians. The
Board is independent of government but is to be funded by the federal
government.
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Persons applying to the Board for an order must have first attempted
to resolve their dispute by negotiation. Among the types of orders the
Board has the authority to issue are the following:
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- an access order setting the terms and conditions, including
compensation, in respect of those rights of access across Yukon first
nation or Tetlit Gwich'in settlement lands that require either consent
of the aboriginal owner or an order of the Board;
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- an order setting general terms and conditions, additional to any
described in the settlement agreement, in respect of rights of access
across settlement lands that do not require consent of the aboriginal
owner; and
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- an order resolving a dispute between an owner or occupant of
non-settlement land and a person with a mineral right respecting the
interpretation of the right of the mineral right holder to access the
land.
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