Submission to the Federal Environmental Assessment Review Panel on the BHP Diamonds Ekati Mine Scoping (NWT Federation of Labour, April 1995)
The NWT Federation of Labour submitted a draft intervention to the Federal Environmental Assessment Review Panel opposing the fast-tracked approval of the proposed BHP diamond mine, citing inadequate workplace legislation, lack of enforceable employment and training guarantees for northern workers, and serious socio-economic concerns based on previous mega-project experiences in the North. The submission argues the NWT regulatory regime is unready for the project and calls for comprehensive legislative reforms, monitoring programs, and binding commitments to northern employment before development proceeds.
- Date
- 1995-04-06
- Document type
- regulatory-filing
- Parties
- Northwest Territories Federation of Labour, Federal Environmental Assessment Review Panel, BHP Diamonds Inc., Yellowknives Dene Band, Dene Nation, Canadian Labour Congress, Steelworkers union, CAW-Canada, Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, Ecology North
- Locations
- Northwest Territories, Yellowknife, Ekati Diamond Mine, Lutsel k'e, Great Slave Lake, Hay River, Fairbanks, Alaska, Papua New Guinea, Ok Tedi, Limestone, Manitoba, Norman Wells, Red Dog, New Mexico, New Zealand, Western Australia, Moura, Queensland, Slave Geological Province
- Parameters
- employment and training, occupational health and safety, workplace legislation, workers' compensation, socio-economic impacts, housing costs, cost of living, environmental protection, mining safety regulations, community disruption, aboriginal hiring quotas, union representation, royalties, land claims, point-of-hire arrangements, work rotation schedules, emergency response and contingency plans, water quality, wildlife habitat, waste management
- Pages
- 15
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