3.1 ENGAGEMENT OBJECTIVES
The Canadian Environmental Assessment Act (CEAA) requires that all involved parties, including: government, aboriginal communities, local communities, and project stakeholders be engaged in the decision making process of construction of the Links at Dover Coast (the project; proposed project). These engagement efforts are designed to allow each invested party to highlight key concerns surrounding the project, from construction to completion and operation thereafter. Allowing outside participants into the planning for the project allows for input that can help to develop a proactive approach in predicting potential environmental effects, among others, of both the construction and operation of this golf course on and
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3.2.1 Key Stakeholder Identification
The following is a list that identifies the primary stakeholders potentially affected by the proposed project, with a description of their involvement.
Stockworth Developments – “the proponent”, the project development company and owner of the Links at Dover Coast;
The Town of Port Dover – town where the proposed project is located, included in the surrounding community;
Dover Coast Adult Community – adult community adjacent to the Links at Dover Coast, also part of the surrounding community;
Recreational users – all members of the public that would use the Links at Dover Coast for recreational purposes, this includes surrounding community and members of the public outside the community;
Long Point Conservation Authority (LPRCA) – environmental agency that commits to protecting and managing the natural environment within the Long Point Region watershed, Lake Erie and its tributaries are part of this
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However, Port Dover and the surrounding area is home to many native communities, which is why Stockworth Developments is committed to involving this group in the planning and developing process. The communities that will be consulted include: Six Nations of the Grand River, First Nations of the Grand River Haudenosaunee Confederacy Council, and the Mississaugas of the New Credit First Nations. These communities were involved with the adjacent Port Dover and Nanticoke Wind Farm Project developed by Capital Power in 2013. 3.2.3.1 Duty to Consult
Consultation with aboriginal communities should take place when any project carried out by the federal or provincial (Ontario) governments, or privately that has the ability to potentially impact Aboriginal peoples or their treaty rights. Section 5(c) of the CEAA states that impacts should be considered; “(c) with respect to aboriginal peoples, an effect occurring in Canada of any change that may be caused to the environment on
(i) health and socio-economic
The Indian Act is a combination of multiple legislations regarding the Aboriginal people who reside across Canada, such as the Gradual Civilization Act of 1857 and the Gradual Enfranchisement Act of 1869 (Hanson, n.p.). The Gradual Civilization Act was the Canadian government's attempt to assimilate the aboriginals into the Canadian society in a passive manner, through a method they encouraged called Enfranchisement. Enfranchisement is basically a legal process that allows aboriginals to give up their aboriginal status and accept a Canadian status (Crey, n.p.). This process, while under the Gradual Civilization Act, was still voluntary, but became a forced process when the Indian Act was consolidated in 1876 (Hanson, n.p.). The Gradual Enfranchisement Act introduced in 1869 was a major legislation that intruded with the private lives of the aboriginals. First, it established the “elective band council system” (Hanson, n.p.) that grants th...
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First I will define the definition of terms used in this paper. When I use the word Aboriginal, I understand this as a label given from the colonizers/ Europeans to identify Indigenous peoples. Canadian legislation defines Indigenous peoples as Aboriginal, I understand this as indifferent from the dominant ideology, therefore, the colonizers named Indigenous peoples as Aboriginal. According to teachings I have been exposed to it’s a legal term and it’s associated with discrimination and oppression. However, audiences I have written for prefer the use of Aboriginal. More premise to this reference is Aboriginal, Indigenous, First Nations, Indian and Native are used interchangeable, but it should be noted these names do represent distinct differences. Furthermore, I will use Indigenous to represent an empowering way to reference a unique general culture in Canada. Under the title of Indigenous peoples in Canada, for me represents: First Nations people, Metis people and Inuit peoples. These are the two titles I will use when I reference Indigenous people from an empowering perspective and Aboriginal from a colonizer perspective.
“The recognition of the inherent right of self-government is based on the view that the Aboriginal peoples of Canada have the right to govern themselves in relation to matters that are internal to their communities, integral to their unique cultures, identities, traditions, languages and institutions, and with respect to their special relationship to their land and resources." (Wherrett
For almost two centuries the TSW, in dealing with public pressure, has pointed to its original mandate. The concern is that in doing so it fails to recognize that increasingly, the entire waterway is an expanding recreation base, which not only requires water for navigation but also requires an equitable supply of water to support recreational uses and to maintain and enhance the natural environment. The TSW, although maintaining their original position, has over the years made provision for “new” uses of water including diverting vast amounts to white water canoeing events, water filtrations plants and increased municipal uses. Clearly times have changed and the TSW must recognize that it must adapt through not only a change of mandate but also a change of governance that would recognize and better co-ordinate the vast amount of stakeholders within the system.
UN News Centre (April 2008). UN experts welcome Canada’s backing for indigenous rights declaration. Retrieved February 21, 2009 from http://www.un.org/ga/61/news/news.asp?NewsID=26376&Cr=indigenous&Cr1=rights
Ranking up in age, this geographical feature was formed thirty five million years ago. “A rare bolide; comet or asteroid-like object, hit the area that is now the lower tip of the Delmarva Peninsula, near Cape Charles, Virginia”(Chesapeake Bay Program, 2012) This impact is the earliest stage of the Bay’s formation. Following this very significant action, a series of ice ages attracted ocean water from massive glaciers around the area. In the following hundreds of
Residential schools, systemic-racism, and the repression of Aboriginal heritage and tradition have resulted in a deeply engrained distrust among aboriginals towards the government. Over the last few decades the Canadian government has tried through a variety of initiatives and policies to reconcile with Aboriginal communities. Court victories and greater constitutional recognition of Aboriginal peoples suggest that the Canadian government has recognized their past mistreatment of Aboriginals and have taken steps towards reconciliation. Even with a federal policy geared towards the recognition of past wrong-doings, Aboriginal court victori...
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There are many stakeholders in this case and each stakeholder could be affected in various situations.
The right to land and the right to self-determination are considered to be the two most significant Aboriginal rights of the First Nation (Boldt, 1985, p.14). The objective of this research paper is to investigate and examine the issue of Aboriginal land claims and Indigenous people’s right to self-government. Themes such as ethnic discrimination, racism, inequality, self-determination and the rule of law will be explored in this paper. Aboriginal people in Canada consider land to be part of their Aboriginal identity for the reason being that their culture is grounded in nature. The right to land is closely linked with the right to identity and the right to self-determination, which in turn leads to the right of self-government. Indigenous
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...’s most easily accessible active volcanoes (Méheux, et al, 2004). Port Resolution is one of the few white sand beaches in Vanuatu and this type of location is being exploited by foreign investors (2013, pers. comm., Morris). In addition, the Port Resolution Community Project is also a prototype project to establish whether similar projects can be implemented in other communities on Tanna and throughout Vanuatu to support the education of Vanuatu’s youth (2013, pers. comm., Morris). Hence, the concept behind the Port Resolution Community Project is to provide tourists with a traditional cultural experience while meeting their expectations of first-world facilities such as electricity and modern amenities. Therefore, it is vital for the project that the community remains in control of the management, the land and the generated income (2013, pers. comm., Morris).
According to Jacquet (2014:1) social sciences has long been interested in the social and economic created by large industrial, land-use and environmental changes. In the early 1970’s, formalised set of practices and processes named Social Impact Assessment (SIA) emerged to document and/or predict socio-economic impacts from such large-scale projects which was developed in the United States through the 1969 National Environment Policy Act, which led to the expansion of the practice of Social Impact Assessment (SIA) (Jacquet, 2014:1). Vanclay (cited in Byker, 2009:12) defines Social Impact Assessment as an assessment in an effort to measure or estimate, the social consequences that are most likely to follow from explicit