Amendments to the Implementation Plan for the Sahtu Dene and Metis Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement

Amended - P.C. 2004-1067 - September 23, 2004

List of Substantive amendments to the Sahtu Dene and Metis Implementation Plan

• The Sahtu Dene and Metis Implementation Plan (IP) has been renewed and the term is from June 23, 2004 to March 31, 2014.

Annex A: Financial Payments

• The Settlement Area Harvest Study has been extended for three years until 2007 at a cost of $200,000.
  
  
• Within Treasury Board approved mandate, the planning assumptions, costed worksheets and funding levels for the boards and committees established pursuant to the Agreement have been updated as follows:

• How Base Funding Amounts, Adjustment Factors (i.e. Canada Final Domestic Demand Implicit Price Index) and Net Transfer Amounts are to be calculated is set out.

Annex D: Roles and Responsibilities of the Implementation Committee

• Canada, the Government of the Northwest Territories and the Sahtu Secretariat Incorporated will continue to designate a senior representative to the Implementation Committee for the second ten year implementation period.
  
  
• The Implementation Committee will continue to act in conformity with the Agreement and be guided by the IP
  
  
• The Implementation Committee shall continue to operate on a consensus basis and keep a record of issues discussed and its determinations
  
  
• Each party shall continue to be responsible for the costs of the participation of its appointee to the Implementation Committee
  
  
• The Implementation Committee shall continue to submit an annual report, which shall be made public, on the implementation of the Agreement
  
  
• The Implementation Committee will initiate and complete a full review of the Implementation Plan no later than April 2012.
  
  
• Following the completion of the full review and no later than April 2013, the Implementation Committee will make recommendations to the parties respecting the continued implementation of the Agreement.
  
  
• The Implementation Committee will continue to attempt to resolve any outstanding implementation issue(s) which arise through discussion and negotiation.