Aboriginal Title and Free Entry Mining Regimes in Northern Canada (Canadian Arctic Resources Committee (CARC), 1998) (Canadian Arctic Resources Committee (CARC), 1998)
This working paper examines the constitutional validity of free entry mining regimes in Yukon and the Northwest Territories under section 35 of the Constitution Act, 1982, arguing that such regimes may be inconsistent with existing aboriginal title. The paper analyzes the 1870 Imperial Order in Council and applies Supreme Court jurisprudence to mineral disposition systems in northern Canada, drawing on case studies from Baker Lake, Lac de Gras, and Finlayson Lake.
- Date
- Document type
- Report
- Parties
- Canadian Arctic Resources Committee, Northern Minerals Program, Nigel Bankes, Cheryl Sharvit, Government of Canada, Yukon First Nations, Northwest Territories First Nations, Dogrib Treaty 11 Council, Lutsel K'e First Nation, Yellowknives Dene First Nation, Ross River Dene, Liard First Nation
- Locations
- Yukon, Northwest Territories, Northern Canada, Baker Lake, Lac de Gras, Finlayson Lake, Wolverine Lake, Snare Lake, Great Slave Lake, Mackenzie Valley, Mackenzie Delta
- Parameters
- aboriginal title, free entry mining regimes, mineral exploration, mining law, land claim agreements, environmental impacts, caribou, mineral claims, mineral disposition, water use, land use regulations
- Pages
- 113
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