Critique of BHP Environmental Assessment Panel Report (CARC, August 1996)

Canadian Arctic Resources Committee (CARC, Yellowknife) Critique of the BHP Environmental Assessment Panel Report, sent August 1-13 1996 to Hon. Sergio Marchi (Minister of Environment, Ottawa) and Hon. Ron Irwin (Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, Ottawa). Discusses Option 2 Arbitrated Agreements for Aboriginal consent as condition precedent to project approval (alternative to Dene/Metis Impact Benefit Agreement negotiation in absence of a land claim), monitoring authority structure, sustainability research and development, economic diversification fund recommendations, and culturally sustainable economic alternatives to mining.