Tsawwassen First Nation Final Agreement.

Subject

Environment gen., Fisheries, Forestry, Land & soil, Mineral resources, Sea, Wild species & ecosystems

Keyword

Indigenous peoples EIA Environmental planning Early warning system/emergency intervention system Contract/agreement Sub-national agreement 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, North America

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

Full text

English

Website

www.gc.ca

References - Legislation

Implements

Constitution Act, 1982.

Legislation | Canada | 1982

Keyword: Agricultural land, Civil and political rights, Cultural heritage, Economic/social/cultural rights, Federal state, Fundamental human rights, Indigenous peoples, Ownership of natural resources, Traditional rights/customary rights, Uncodified constitution

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

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

Legislation | Canada | 1985 (2015)

Keyword: Agricultural development, Farming, Property rights, Agricultural land, Indigenous peoples, Governance, Access-to-justice, Aquaculture, Timber, Timber extraction/logging, Public land, Jurisdictional competence, Procedural matters, Ownership, Transfer, Financing, Tax/levy, Transport/storage, 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