Partners in a New Beginning, Draft Constitution Package (Constitutional Working Group, October 1996)
This draft constitution package, presented October 16, 1996, proposes a new federal Act to replace the Northwest Territories Act and establish a new western territory government combining public and Aboriginal self-government institutions at the territorial level, to take effect upon division of the territory on April 1, 1999.
- Date
- Document type
- Regulatory Filing
- Parties
- Constitutional Working Group, Western Caucus of the Legislative Assembly, Aboriginal Summit, Government of the Northwest Territories, Constitutional Development Steering Committee, Dogrib Treaty II Council, Inuvialuit Regional Corporation, Gwich'in Tribal Council, Metis Nation, Treaty 8, Treaty 11, Sahtu Dene and Metis, Deh Cho Dene and Metis, South Slave Metis, North Slave Metis, Federal Government of Canada, Parliament of Canada
- Locations
- Western Northwest Territories, Yellowknife, Arctic Ocean, 60th parallel, Mackenzie Valley, Nunavut, Yukon Territory, Northwest Territories
- Parameters
- Aboriginal self-government, territorial constitution, legislative assembly structure, electoral systems, Aboriginal rights, land claims, treaty rights, public government, executive council, judicial system, fiscal administration, official languages, representation by population
- Pages
- 63
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