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December 7, 2022
Canada’s Forest Sector Releases National Report on Biodiversity Conservation
Earlier today, Forest Products Association of Canada (FPAC) released a national conservation report entitled: Conservation Forestry – Careful Use of Canada’s Forest Resources. The report identifies the link between Sustainable Forest Management (SFM) and the progress being made on biodiversity goals, Indigenous-led management, and net-zero carbon targets. The report provides insights into sustainable forest management...
November 22, 2021
Porcupine Cariboo Herd
Vuntut Gwitchin Government, Gwitchin Tribal Council – The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday passed the “Build Back Better Act”, which restores protections to Iizhik Gwats’an Gwandaii Goodlit (The Sacred Place Where Life Begins), also known as the Coastal Plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. The Coastal Plain is critical to the survival of...
August 12, 2021
Muskrat Falls
The Independent – The Innu of Labrador have launched a lawsuit against the governments of Canada and Newfoundland and Labrador for breaking financial agreements with the Muskrat Falls Mitigation Plan. The governments failed to consult with the Innu before unilaterally changing the terms...
January 8, 2021
Porcupine Cariboo Herd
Indigenous Group: Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation Business: US Government and State of Alaska Issue: Opening the Alaska National Wildlife Refuge to oil drilling which threatens the Porcupine Caribou herd. The animals are protected under a U.S.-Canada treaty, which commits both nations to preserve it. Comment: April 23, 2018: CBC – The herd is the largest...
December 11, 2020
Ungava Peninsula Cariboo
The Ungava Peninsula Caribou Aboriginal Round Table (UPCART) – Executive committee agreed that the next steps will be to develop a plan for habitat protection and continue discussions on a sharing agreement. In 2018, the Innu Nationi withdrew from UPCART; but a standing invitation has been extended in hopes that they will re-engage in discussion...
August 28, 2020
Rio Tinto/Iron Ore Company
CIM Magazine – On Aug. 25, Chief Mike McKenzie announced that the Innu communities have negotiated an agreement with IOC on reconciliation and collaboration, following a decades-long conflict that has reached the Supreme Court several times. The agreement is an impact and benefit agreement on environmental cooperation, benefit sharing and economic development such as training,...
July 29, 2020
Muskrat Falls
Government established a deputy ministers’ steering committee to oversee the implementation of all the recommendations including the 17 key and ancillary recommendations outlined in Volume 1. Key Finding # 13: GNL failed to ensure that it and Nalcor acted fairly in its consultations related to Indigenous Peoples and environmental matters. While not speaking to GNL’s...
March 13, 2020
Muskrat Falls
Indigenous Group: Nunatsiavut Govt, Innu Nation and NunatuKavut Community Council, Business: Nalcor Issue: Overexposure to methylmercury in food and resources Comment: The Avativut, Kanuittailinnivut Scientific Report (produced by Harvard University after four years of research on the topic) concludes that methyl mercury levels could rise by 1500%, cause serious food insecurity and disrupt a way...
February 21, 2020
Rio Tinto/Iron Ore Company
CBC – The Supreme Court of Canada has dismissed an appeal by Newfoundland and Labrador to strike parts of a lawsuit by two Innu Nations in Quebec against mining giant Rio Tinto. The Innu wanted Quebec courts to make a declaration over their traditional territory, and part of that is in Newfoundland and Labrador. The...
January 27, 2020
Ungava Peninsula Cariboo
Indigenous Group: 7 Indigenous groups in the north Business: Federal Government Issue: Preserve and manage caribou in the Ungava Peninsula Comment: Response to the critical population declines in both the caribou herds of George River (770K in 1993 to 5.5K in 2018) and Leaf River (628K in 2001 to 181K in 2016) Last Updates: Jan....
August 8, 2019
Eastern Arctic
iPolitics – The Trudeau government has issued a new order expanding a moratorium on oil and gas work in offshore areas in Canada’s arctic. An order-in-council, issued on July 28 by cabinet, prohibits all offshore oil and gas activities in the area, building off a moratorium on issuing new oil and gas licenses announced by...
May 13, 2019
Eastern Arctic
Indigenous Group: Inuit: Eastern Arctic: Qikiqtani Inuit Association (QIT) Business: Oil and Gas exploration Issue: This is the final year of a five-year moratorium on Arctic offshore energy development, which is to be reconsidered in 2020. Comment: May 12, 2019: Globe and Mail – An Inuit land-claim group is asking the federal government to permanently...
November 15, 2018
Rio Tinto/Iron Ore Company
Indigenous Group: The Innu First Nations of Uashat Mak Mani-Utenam (Uashaunnuat) and Matimekush-Lac John Business: Iron Ore Company (IOC) (wholly owned by Rio Tinto) Issue: IOC caused harm by operating a large mining complex and railway on traditional territory in northeastern Quebec and Labrador since the 1950s without their prior consent. Comment: Sept. 22, 2014:...
September 5, 2018
Agnico Whale Tail Gold Mine
Indigenous Group: Government of Nunavut and the Kivalliq Inuit Association Business: Agnico Eagle Whale Tail Gold Mine Issue: The Government of Nunavut wants the mining company to commit to various measures to protect caribou before the mine opens. Comment: Other concerns revolve around permanent benefits to the community aside from the potential 42% employment opportunities...
February 28, 2018
Tallurutiup Imanga/Lancaster Sound
Indigenous Group: Qikiqtani Inuit Association (QIA) Business: N/A Issue: Feb. 28. 2018: QIA – As the Designated Inuit Organization representing the five High Arctic communities that border these waters, QIA expects to have a seat at the table when new decisions are made on allocation of conservation related funds. QIA has engaged with Parks Canada...
February 2, 2018
Hydro Québec’s Northern Pass Project
CBC – Regulators in the state of New Hampshire have rejected a major electricity project being piloted by Quebec’s hydro utility and its American partner, Eversource. Members of New Hampshire’s Site Evaluation Committee unanimously denied an application for the Northern Pass project today. On July 19, 2019 the New Hampshire Supreme Court upheld the project’s...
July 27, 2017
Clyde River
Indigenous Group: Inuit Hamlet at Clyde River in Nunavut Business: Petroleum Geo-Services Inc. and NEB Issue: Seismic testing in and near marine areas where Inuit have treaty rights. Comment: The waters are populated by marine mammals such as whales and seals and polar bears which the Inuit rely on for their livelihood, food and cultural...
March 31, 2017
Hydro Québec’s Northern Pass Project
Indigenous Group: Pessamiu Ilnut Business: Quebec governmen Issue: Dams are having a devastating impact in the salmon fishery Comment: Mar. 31, 2017: Pessamit Innu – The current hydraulic management of the Betsiamites River is having a devastating impact on salmon productivity. It is contributing to the leaching out of fry from rearing sites, the peeling...
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