The Northern Regulatory Improvements Initiatives was announced by Honourable Chuck Strahl, Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development and Federal Interlocutor for Metis and Non-Status Indians in November 2007. The Minister has appointed Mr. Neil McCrank to lead the initiative and submit a final report to the Government of Canada outlining proposed recommendations for advancing the regulatory regime, after which Canada will develop a strategy for action.
This initiative was lead by Indian and Northern Affairs Canada. This section of the reference library is not meant to be a comprehensive listing of all documents and correspondence. Instead, the select documents posted are meant to provide an overview of the Review Board's involvement in the initiative.
Northern Regulatory Improvement Initiative
The NWT Board Forum submitted a letter to Mr. Neil McCrank, Special Representative of the Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, thanking him for meeting with the forum and highlighting the key areas, on which the forum feels the initiative should focus.
Joint Response from NWT Board Forum letter sent to the Minister in response to the "Road to Improvement" report.
Letter sent by the Review Board and the land and water boards to the Regional Director General of INAC about better integrating board decisions into the INAC Monitoring and Enforcement framework.
The Regional Director General wrote a letter to the Review Board outlining the main themes that Neil McCrank will be examining in the Northern Regulatory Improvements Initiative and how the Review Board can get involved with the initiative.
The Review Board sent Neil McCrank the attached letter highlighting the board's concerns about the funding arrangement for the upcoming fiscal year. The letter also references some attachments which offer more information for Neil McCrank's consideration during the Northern Regulatory Improvements Initiative.
This attachment to the January 3rd, 08 letter to Mr. McCrank outlines options to consider that may address the need for stable and adequate funding to support the Review Board’s annual operations. The options range from maintaining the status quo to partial and full solutions to the funding challenges faced by the Review Board.
This attachment to the January 3rd, 08 letter to Mr. McCrank outlines the Review Board’s desire to secure funding to support the participation of parties potentially impacted by proposed developments referred for environmental assessment. The proposed participant funding initiative would include the review, selection and approval of funding applications in a fair, systematic and impartial manner.
This attachment to the January 3rd, 08 letter to Mr. McCrank outlines the capacity and procedural requirements that it needs considered before the Review Board can begin to implement the requirements of the Official Languages Act and to offer equitable aboriginal language services.
This attachment to the January 3rd, 08 letter to Mr. McCrank is the Review Board’s submission to the auditor for the 2005 NWT Environmental Audit.
The Review Board met with Mr. Neil McCrank to provide Mr. McCrank comments and advice regarding the Northern Regulatory Improvement Initiative. The Review Board also explained what it estimates to be the cost to fully address its mandate under the Mackenzie Valley Resource Management Act.
This document summarizes the key messages the Review Board delivered to Mr. Neil McCrank.