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, jobs and contracts within the communities. McKenzie clarified that it is not a treaty and will not affect the communities’ rights, but that the agreement aims to end the long-standing conflict between the two peoples and IOC over its mining project, which has been in operation since 1954.
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