Amendments to the Implementation Plan for the Sahtu Dene and Metis Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement
Amended - P.C. 2004-1067 - September 23, 2004
List of Substantive amendments to the Sahtu Dene and Metis Implementation Plan
- The Sahtu Dene and Metis Implementation Plan (IP) has been renewed and the term is from June 23, 2004 to March 31, 2014.
Annex A: Financial Payments
- The Settlement Area Harvest Study has been extended for three years until 2007 at a cost of $200,000.
- Within Treasury Board approved mandate, the planning assumptions, costed worksheets and funding levels for the boards and committees established pursuant to the Agreement have been updated as follows:
| 2004-2005 | ongoing until 2013-2014 |
|
|---|---|---|
| Arbitration Panel | $24,615 | $29,715 |
| Renewable Resources Board | $534,528 | $691,856 |
| Renewable Resource Councils | $251,095 | $325,000 |
| Land Use Planning Board | $245,984 | $318,385 |
| Land and Water Board | $650,827 | $842,388 |
| Sahtu Secretariat Incorporated | $397,889 | $515,000 |
| Government of the Northwest Territories | $226,493 | $293,156 |
- How Base Funding Amounts, Adjustment Factors (i.e. Canada Final Domestic Demand Implicit Price Index) and Net Transfer Amounts are to be calculated is set out.
Annex D: Roles and Responsibilities of the Implementation Committee
- Canada, the Government of the Northwest Territories and the Sahtu Secretariat Incorporated will continue to designate a senior representative to the Implementation Committee for the second ten year implementation period.
- The Implementation Committee will continue to act in conformity with the Agreement and be guided by the IP
- The Implementation Committee shall continue to operate on a consensus basis and keep a record of issues discussed and its determinations
- Each party shall continue to be responsible for the costs of the participation of its appointee to the Implementation Committee
- The Implementation Committee shall continue to submit an annual report, which shall be made public, on the implementation of the Agreement
- The Implementation Committee will initiate and complete a full review of the Implementation Plan no later than April 2012.
- Following the completion of the full review and no later than April 2013, the Implementation Committee will make recommendations to the parties respecting the continued implementation of the Agreement.
- The Implementation Committee will continue to attempt to resolve any outstanding implementation issue(s) which arise through discussion and negotiation.