Rae-Edzo Hamlet Council Presentation to the BHP Diamond Mine Environmental Assessment Panel (Hamlet of Rae-Edzo, April 1995)
Mayor Dan Marion of Rae-Edzo presents to the NWT BHP Diamond Mine Environmental Assessment Panel, offering qualified community support for the Lac de Gras diamond mine proposal contingent on equitable distribution of economic benefits, adequate training for Dogrib workers, and environmental protection. He emphasizes Rae-Edzo's severe unemployment crisis (42%) and argues the mine could provide significant economic relief while cautioning that the panel appears biased toward environmental issues over socioeconomic concerns.
- Date
- Document type
- Presentation
- Parties
- Rae-Edzo Hamlet Council, Dan Marion, BHP, NWT Environmental Assessment Panel, Dogrib Tribal Council, GNWT, Neptune, Royal Oak, Dogrib Corporation, NWT Power Corporation, PCL, Lavelin, CARC, Sierra Legal Defence Fund
- Locations
- Rae-Edzo, Northwest Territories, Dogrib Territory, Yellowknife, Lac de Gras, Rae Lakes, Snare Lake, Lac la Marte, Edmonton, Pine Point, Colomac, Snare Cascades, North Slave Region
- Parameters
- unemployment rate, employment, economic development, socioeconomic benefits, training and education, environmental protection, wildlife/game preservation, cash income, social assistance, country foods, hunting, fishing, trapping
- Pages
- 25
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