Letter re Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) Deficiencies, Ekati Diamond Mine (Northwest Territories Federation of Labour, October 23, 1995)
The Northwest Territories Federation of Labour submits a formal letter to the BHP Diamond Mine Environmental Assessment Panel identifying significant deficiencies in BHP's Environmental Impact Statement, particularly regarding inadequate commitments to northern hiring, insufficient details on training programs and job availability, weak provisions for non-aboriginal northern residents, insufficient analysis of cost-of-living impacts, and insufficient treatment of social problems at point-of-hire such as drug, alcohol, crime, and prostitution.
- Date
- Document type
- Letter
- Parties
- Northwest Territories Federation of Labour, Letha Maclachlan, BHP Diamond Mine Environmental Assessment Panel, Panel Information Office, BHP
- Locations
- Northwest Territories, Yellowknife, Ekati Diamond Mine
- Parameters
- northern hiring, employment, pre-employment training, equal opportunity employment, cost-of-living, social impacts, drug and alcohol problems, camp management, contractor wages and benefits
- Pages
- 2
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