Submission to the Federal Environmental Assessment Review Panel on the Proposed BHP Diamonds Inc. Diamond Mine (NWT Federation of Labour, April 1995)
The NWT Federation of Labour submits a final scoping report to the Federal Environmental Assessment Review Panel on the proposed BHP diamond mine in the Northwest Territories, addressing concerns about occupational health and safety regulations, employment and training guarantees for northern workers, socio-economic impacts, and the adequacy of territorial workplace legislation to manage such a major project.
- Date
- 1995-04-12
- Document type
- regulatory-filing
- Parties
- Northwest Territories Federation of Labour, BHP Diamonds Inc., Federal Environmental Assessment Review Panel, Yellowknives Dene, Dogrib, Chipewyan, Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, Canadian Labour Congress, Steelworkers, CAW-Canada
- Locations
- Northwest Territories, Yellowknife, Lutsel k'e, Slave Geological Province, Papua New Guinea, Ok Tedi, Hay River, Fairbanks, Alaska, Limestone, Manitoba, Red Dog, Norman Wells, New Mexico, Great Slave Lake, Moura, Queensland
- Parameters
- employment and training, occupational health and safety, workers' compensation, mining regulations, social and economic impacts, cost of living, housing costs, community disruption, aboriginal hiring practices, workplace legislation, emergency response and contingency plans, point-of-hire and commuting arrangements, kimberlite deposits, asbestos-type material, fish kill, environmental damage
- Pages
- 34
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