Sentences with phrase «by meaningful consultation»
«We did that review by increasing engagement with communities, by meaningful consultation with Indigenous Peoples, by looking at the science and the evidence and also looking at the project in the context of our climate plan, and we approved that project,» she said in Victoria.
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The Trades Union Congress (TUC) member organization believes the increase «was rushed through parliament without any meaningful deliberations by the peoples» representatives or wider public consultations.»
This doesn't mean that any mine is by definition a violation of treaty rights, but the federal and provincial governments are required to conduct meaningful consultation with first nations affected and the first nations have significant rights that can potentially be enforced by court action.
The recent Supreme Court of Canada decisions in Haida Nation v. British Columbia (Minister of Forests), 2004 SCC 73 («Haida») and Taku River Tlingit First Nation v. British Columbia (Project Assessment Director), 2004 SCC 74 («Taku») have once again made it clear that, while the special Constitutional duty of the Crown to Aboriginal peoples can not be fulfilled by developers, it is in the interests of developers that early, meaningful consultation become an essential element in any best practice planning model.
In failing to grapple with the rights at stake for Upper Nicola and to understand project impacts on them in any meaningful way — and by never responsively or meaningfully accommodating their concerns — Canada's consultation was, at best, superficial and was not honourable.
In spite of the lack of meaningful engagement by MAG, in summer 2011, CLHE provided MAG with a Report and Recommendations based on community and expert consultations conducted by CLHE around the province with people living with HIV, communities affected by HIV, legal, public health, criminal justice and scientific experts, health care providers, and advocates for women's rights in the context of sexual violence and the criminal justice system.
The court held that the council had acted unlawfully because it had not considered the actual cost of providing care as required by the relevant statutory guidance (LAC (2004) 20) and there had been no meaningful consultation with local providers of residential care.
By insisting on meaningful consultation with First Nations as a condition of the Energy East Pipeline proceeding, Quebec Premier Couillard and Ontario Premier Wynne are not, as Newman accuses them, «playing a dangerous game» — they are signalling their governments» intention to fulfil their constitutional obligations to Aboriginal peoples.
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study by highlighting successful strategies for evaluating early childhood mental health consultation services, incorporating additional research on these topics, as well as showcasing models, strategies, and tools that contribute to meaningful evaluation.
Last year's Native Title Report examined two ways that governments can rebuild relationships with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, particularly, by improving agreement - making processes; and through meaningful and effective consultation and engagement.
In particular, I examine two ways that governments can rebuild relationships with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples — by improving agreement - making processes; and through meaningful and effective consultation and engagement with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
Independent advice and assessment of the options under consideration by the Expert Panel would strengthen the work of the Expert Panel and would assist in the design of meaningful and effective consultation mechanisms.
Let me illustrate, by discussing some features of a meaningful and effective consultation process drawing on the spirit and intent of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples:
Given the unproductiveness of a prescriptive, tick - a-box approach, the features of a meaningful and effective consultation process were prepared to guide the development of appropriate processes on a case - by - case basis.
Based on international standards and the experiences of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and their representatives, [44] meaningful and effective engagement and participation should be promoted in consultation processes by including the following features as a minimum: