This comprehensive Agreement between Canada, British Columbia and the Tla’amin Nation is a Treaty and a Land Claims Agreement within the meaning of sections 25 and 35 of the Constitution Act, 1982. The Agreement exhaustively sets out the rights of Tla’amin First Nation, their attributes, the geographic extent of those rights, and the limitations to those rights to which the Parties have agreed. In particular, the Agreement addresses financial arrangements, taxation, lands, self-governance, wildlife and plant harvesting, forestry, fisheries, mining and environmental issues.The text consists of 26 Chapters as follows: Definitions (1); General Provisions (2); Lands (3); Land Title (4); Access (5); Roads and Rights of Way (6); Water 97); Forest Resources (8); Fisheries (9) ; Wildlife (10); Migratory Birds (11); Tla’amin Role outside Tla’amin Lands (12); Environmental Assessment and Environmental Protection (13); Culture and Heritage (14); Governance (15); Local and Regional Government Relations (16); Transition (17); Capital Transfer and Negotiation Loan Repayment (18); Resource Revenue Sharing (19); Fiscal Relations (2); Taxation (21); Eligibility and Enrolment (22); Ratification (23); Implementation (24); Amendment (25); Dispute Resolution (26).
Implemented by: Tla'amin Final Agreement Act (S.C. 2014, c. 11). (2015-04-27)
Implements: Constitution Act, 1982. (1982-04-17)
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A land of vast distances and rich natural resources, Canada became a self-governing dominion in 1867, while retaining ties to the British crown. Economically and technologically, the nation has developed in parallel with the US, its neighbor to the south across the world's longest international border. Canada faces the political challenges of meeting public demands for quality improvements in health care, education, social services, and economic competitiveness, as well as responding to the particular concerns of predominantly francophone Quebec.
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