TURTLE ISLAND
2003 Class EA - Declaration Order Condition 34
Negotiations with Aboriginal
People
34.
During
the term of this approval, MNR District Managers shall conduct negotiations at
the local level with Aboriginal peoples whose communities are situated in a
management unit, in order to identify and implement ways of achieving a more
equal participation by Aboriginal peoples in the benefits provided through
forest management planning.
These negotiations will include but are not limited to the following
matters:
(a)
providing
job opportunities and income associated with forest and mill operations in the
vicinity of aboriginal communities;
(b)
supplying
wood to wood processing facilities such as sawmills in Aboriginal communities;
(c)
facilitation
of Aboriginal third-party licence negotiations with existing licencees where
opportunities exist;
(d)
providing
forest resource licences to Aboriginal people where unallocated Crown timber
exists close to reserves;
(e)
development
of programs to provide jobs, training and income for Aboriginal people in forest
management operations through joint projects with Indian and Northern Affairs
Canada; and
(i)
other
forest resources that may be affected by forest management or which can be
addressed in the forest management planning process.
MNR shall report on the progress of these on-going negotiations district-by-district in the Provincial Annual Report in Forest Management that will be submitted to the Legislature.
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March 8, 2005.