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Tsawwassen First Nation Final Agreement.

Country/Territory
Canada
Territorial subdivision
British Columbia
Document type
Miscellaneous
Date
2007
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Environment gen., Fisheries, Forestry, Land & soil, Mineral resources, Sea, Wild species & ecosystems
Keyword
Indigenous peoples EIA Environmental planning Early warning system Contract/agreement Sub-national agreement Policy/planning Marine fisheries Inland fisheries Fishery management and conservation Allocation/quota Diadromous fish Aquaculture Community management Access right Coastal zone management Aquatic animals Forest management/forest conservation Forest service/forest officers Land tenure Governance Ownership Transfer Land consolidation Right of use Traditional rights/customary rights Vested rights/existing rights Cultural heritage Dispute settlement Court/tribunal Tax/levy Financing Public participation Public land Private land Agricultural land Minerals Mining Oil Marine protected areas Protected area Hunting/capture Wildlife products Collecting/harvesting Birds Migratory species National parks
Geographical area
Americas, Arctic, Asia and the Pacific, East Pacific, North America, North Atlantic
Entry into force notes
The present Agreement enters into force on 3 April 2009.
Abstract

This comprehensive Agreement is a Treaty and a Land Claims Agreement within the meaning of sections 25 and 35 of the Constitution Act, 1982. It exhaustively sets out the rights of Tsawwassen First Nation, their attributes, the geographic extent of those rights, and the limitations to those rights to which the Parties have agreed, i.e.: a) the aboriginal rights, including aboriginal title, modified as a result of this Agreement, in Canada, of Tsawwassen First Nation in and to Tsawwassen Lands and other lands and resources in Canada; b) the jurisdictions, authorities and rights of Tsawwassen Government.The Treaty addresses direct control and ownership of land, including fishing and hunting rights; self governance comprising laws relating to governance, natural resources, land management, and social programming; the right to harvest wildlife, migratory birds, and plants for food, control of national and provincial parks; ownership of all subsurface resources such as gravel, sand, minerals and petroleum; the right to catch fish, crab, and harvest water plants for food, including an allocation of Fraser River salmon.

Full text
English
Website
www.gc.ca

References - Legislation

Implements

Constitution Act, 1982.

Legislation | Canada | 1982

Keyword: Agricultural land, Cultural heritage, Economic/social/cultural rights, Indigenous peoples, Traditional rights/customary rights, Human rights

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Indian Act (R.S.C. 1985, c. I-5).

Legislation | Canada | 1985 (2019)

Keyword: Agricultural development, Farming, Property rights, Agricultural land, Indigenous peoples, Governance, Access-to-justice, Aquaculture, Timber, Timber extraction/logging, Forest management/forest conservation, Public land, Procedural matters, Ownership, Transfer, Financing, Tax/levy, Transport/storage, Gender, Offences/penalties, Enforcement/compliance, Hunting/capture

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Implemented by

Tsawwassen First Nation Final Agreement Act (S.C. 2008, c. 32).

Legislation | Canada | 2008 (2009)

Keyword: Indigenous peoples, Marine fisheries, Inland fisheries, Contract/agreement, Sub-national agreement, Land tenure, Right of use, Enforcement/compliance

Source: FAO, FAOLEX