Vol. 139, No. 24 — November 30, 2005

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SI/2005-117 November 30, 2005

LABRADOR INUIT LAND CLAIMS AGREEMENT ACT

Order Fixing December 1, 2005 as the Date of the Coming into Force of Certain Sections of the Act

P.C. 2005-1944 November 15, 2005

Her Excellency the Governor General in Council, on the recommendation of the Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, pursuant to section 27 of An Act to give effect to the Labrador Inuit Land Claims Agreement and the Labrador Inuit Tax Treatment Agreement, assented to on June 23, 2005, being chapter 27 of the Statutes of Canada, 2005, hereby fixes December 1, 2005 as the day on which that Act comes into force, other than sections 22 to 26, which came into force on assent.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order.)

The Order in Council fixes December 1, 2005 as the day on which the Labrador Inuit Land Claims Agreement Act, comes into force, with the exception of sections 22 to 26 that came into force on assent.

That Act gives effect to the Labrador Inuit Land Claims Agreement and the Labrador Inuit Tax Treatment Agreement. It also includes consequential amendments to certain Acts.

The Labrador Inuit Land Claims Agreement was signed by the Government of Canada, the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador and the Labrador Inuit Association on January 22, 2005. The Agreement creates the Labrador Inuit Settlement Area of approximately 72,520 square kilometres in central and northern Labrador and sets out details of land ownership, resource management and sharing and self-government within that area. The Torngat Mountains National Park Reserve of Canada will also be created as a result of the Agreement. The national park reserve will become Canada's 42nd national park, and the first ever in Labrador.

Canada and Newfoundland and Labrador have each contributed equitably to the costs of settlement. The Province and Canada will provide funding to the Nunatsiavut Government which will, over time, assume the jurisdiction and responsibility for the delivery of programs and services to the Inuit and all residents in the Inuit Communities. The Nunatsiavut Government will increasingly contribute to the costs of its governance through its own source revenues. Canada and the Province will also be represented on boards and commissions created by the Agreement.

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