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Displaying 41 - 45 of 162Tr'ondëk Hwëch'in Final Agreement Implementation Plan.
The Contracting Parties, Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada, the Kluane First Nation and the Government of the Yukon have developed the present Plant which identifies certain activities to be undertaken and certain payments to be made with respect to the implementation of the Selkirk First Nation Self-Government Agreement.
Little Salmon/Carmacks First Nation Self-Government Agreement.
The present Agreement among the First Nation of Little Salmon/Carmacks and Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada and the Government of the Yukon establishes the framework of a modern First Nation Government. In particular, the Agreement provides for the power to enact laws of a local or private nature on settlement land and for many aspects of the citizens' lives (marriage, adoption, education, administration of estates, etc.).
National Parks of Canada Lease and Licence of Occupation Regulations (SOR/92-25).
The present Regulations are made under the National Parks Act. In particular, section 3 establishes that the Minister may, for any term not exceeding 42 years and on such terms and conditions as the Minister thinks fit, grant leases of public lands, inter alia, a) in the Town of Jasper, visitor centres and resort subdivisions for the purpose of residence; b) in the Town of Jasper and visitor centres for the purposes of trade, tourism, schools, churches, hospitals and places of recreation or entertainment.
Framework Agreement Treaty Land Entitlement.
The present Treaty Land Entitlement (TLE) Framework Agreement sets out the ways and means that the Parties – Canada, Manitoba and the Treaty Land Entitlement Committee (TLEC), on behalf of the Entitlement First Nations – have agreed to fulfil and satisfy the outstanding land obligations arising from the Treaties between the First Nations and Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada. First Nations did not receive the full amount of land that was promised to them by way of their respective Treaties.
Champagne and Aishihik First Nations Final Agreement.
The present Final Agreement between the Government of Canada, the Champagne and Aishihik First Nations and the Government of the Yukon is made under section 35 of the Constitution Act and sets out the rights of the First Nations Champagne and Aishihik and its people and in particular ways in which the federal, territorial and First Nation governments interact.