Public Hearing Transcript, Technical Session on Socio-Economics, BHP Diamonds Inc. NWT Diamonds Project (Multiple parties, February 22, 1996)
Federal Environmental Assessment Panel public hearing on socio-economic aspects of the proposed BHP Diamonds Inc. Northwest Territories diamond mining project near Lac de Gras, held in Yellowknife on February 22, 1996. Presentations and discussions covered aboriginal economic benefits, royalty sharing under land claims, mine security, and women's and community concerns regarding social impacts.
- Date
- 1996-02-22
- Document type
- report
- Parties
- Federal Environmental Assessment Panel, BHP Diamonds Inc., Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, NWT Status of Women Council, City of Yellowknife, Dene Nation, Lutsel K'e Dene Council, City of Edmonton, NWT Association of Professional Engineers, Geologists and Geophysicists, NWT Federation of Labour, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Nunavut Water Board, Yellowknives Dene First Nation, Canadian Arctic Resources Committee
- Locations
- Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Lac de Gras, Lutsel K'e, Rae, Rae Lakes, Wha Ti, Kugluktuk, Hay River, Mackenzie Valley, Gwich'in settlement area, Sahtu settlement area, Nunavut, Edmonton, Ndilo, Dettah, Northern Saskatchewan
- Parameters
- socio-economic impacts, aboriginal economic benefits, employment and training, royalties and valuation, mining royalty regime, security and policing, land claims, environmental monitoring, water quality, community baseline data, family violence, child care, women's employment, cultural impacts, diamond mining, cumulative impact monitoring
- Pages
- 131
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