Exploring Theme: "Specific Industry Environmental Issues"

The Ungava Peninsula Caribou Aboriginal Round Table (UPCART) – Executive committee agreed that the next steps will be to develop a plan for habitat protection and continue discussions on a sharing agreement. In 2018, the Innu Nationi withdrew from UPCART; but a standing invitation has been extended in hopes that they will re-engage in discussion...

CIM Magazine – On Aug. 25, Chief Mike McKenzie announced that the Innu communities have negotiated an agreement with IOC on reconciliation and collaboration, following a decades-long conflict that has reached the Supreme Court several times. The agreement is an impact and benefit agreement on environmental cooperation, benefit sharing and economic development such as training,...

CBC – The Supreme Court of Canada has dismissed an appeal by Newfoundland and Labrador to strike parts of a lawsuit by two Innu Nations in Quebec against mining giant Rio Tinto. The Innu wanted Quebec courts to make a declaration over their traditional territory, and part of that is in Newfoundland and Labrador. The...

Indigenous Group: 7 Indigenous groups in the north Business: Federal Government Issue: Preserve and manage caribou in the Ungava Peninsula Comment: Response to the critical population declines in both the caribou herds of George River (770K in 1993 to 5.5K in 2018) and Leaf River (628K in 2001 to 181K in 2016) Last Updates: Jan....

Indigenous Group: The Innu First Nations of Uashat Mak Mani-Utenam (Uashaunnuat) and Matimekush-Lac John Business: Iron Ore Company (IOC) (wholly owned by Rio Tinto) Issue: IOC caused harm by operating a large mining complex and railway on traditional territory in northeastern Quebec and Labrador since the 1950s without their prior consent. Comment: Sept. 22, 2014:...

CBC – Regulators in the state of New Hampshire have rejected a major electricity project being piloted by Quebec’s hydro utility and its American partner, Eversource. Members of New Hampshire’s Site Evaluation Committee unanimously denied an application for the Northern Pass project today. On July 19, 2019 the New Hampshire Supreme Court upheld the project’s...

Trans Canada pulls plug on Energy East...

Indigenous Group: Mitchikanibikok Inik also known as Algonquins of Barrière Lake Business: Copper One Issue: Mine will degrade land and pollute the headwaters of the Ottawa River Comment: April 17, 2017: Ecojustice (University of Ottawa) – Copper One, a junior mining company, filed a mandamus application to force the Quebec government to grant it “deforestation...

Indigenous Group: Pessamiu Ilnut Business: Quebec governmen Issue: Dams are having a devastating impact in the salmon fishery Comment: Mar. 31, 2017: Pessamit Innu – The current hydraulic management of the Betsiamites River is having a devastating impact on salmon productivity. It is contributing to the leaching out of fry from rearing sites, the peeling...

Indigenous Group: 122 First Nations in Canada and the US Business: Trans Canada Pipelines Issue: Proposed pipeline crosses 155 First Nations territories Comment: Energy East is a proposed 4,500-kilometre pipeline that would carry 1.1 million barrels of crude oil per day from Alberta and Saskatchewan to refineries in Eastern Canada and a marine terminal in...