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Building Relationships

Forging Partnerships

Recommendations and Key Findings

of theSpecial Federal Representative

on West Coast Energy Infrastructure

January 2013



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Purpose of

Today’s

Presentation

• Provide an overview of

the Special

Federal

Representative (SFR) on

West Coast Energy

Infrastructure’s final

report

• Hear your perspectives on

his findings

and

recommendations



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Context

• Prime Minister appointed Douglas

Eyford as

the

SFR

in

March

2013

• Mr. Eyford asked to identify Aboriginal interests in, and opportunities related to,

development of

West

Coast

energy

projects

• Over past eight months, Mr. Eyford met and

heard perspectives of many representatives

from Aboriginal

communities

and

organizations, industry, and local and

provincial governments



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• Canada and Aboriginal communities need to build effective

relationships and this is best achieved through sustained

engagement

• Aboriginal communities view natural resource development as linked to a broader reconciliation agenda

• Aboriginal communities will consider supporting natural resource development if it is undertaken in an

environmentally sustainable manner

• These projects would contribute to improving the socio‐

economic conditions of Aboriginal communities

SFR’s Key

Observations



• The report presents 29 recommendations for actions

by

Canada

across

four

broad

themes:

– Building Trust – Fostering Inclusion – Advancing Reconciliation – Taking Action

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SFR’s Recommendations



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Building Trust –

objectives of

recommendations

Identifies the efforts needed to:

• Establish constructive

dialogue

about

energy

development

• Demonstrate commitment

to

environmental

sustainability

• Enhance understanding of

and participation

in

pipeline and marine safety



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Building Trust –

summary of

recommendations

Canada should:

• Promote a principled

dialogue

about

resource

development

• Participate with stakeholders in regional planning to assess

cumulative effects

• Establish a joint initiative with Aboriginal groups for

environmental stewardship

and

habitat

enhancement

to

address concerns about cumulative effects

• Coordinate and convene the participation of key stakeholders to advance pipeline and marine safety

• In conjunction

with

industry

and

provinces,

support

Aboriginal participation in emergence response

• Ensure marine response plans are publically available



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Fostering Inclusion –

objectives of

recommendations

• Focus efforts to realize Aboriginal employment

and business

opportunities

• Establish collaborations among Aboriginal

communities

that

allow

for

better

outcomes• Facilitate the financial participation of

Aboriginal communities in energy projects



9

Fostering Inclusion –

summary of

recommendations

• Aboriginal leaders should engage in community‐based

strategic planning

Canada should:

• Sponsor regional strategic planning with stakeholders on

education, skill, and employment training

• Target funding

for

education

and

skills

training

in

a responsive

and flexible manner

• Collaborate with partners to enhance access to employment and business services and resources

• Ensure federal

programs

address

the

need

for

capital

and

other financial support for Aboriginal businesses



10

Fostering Inclusion – summary of

recommendations (cont’d)

Canada should:

• Create a forum with Aboriginal communities and industry to

share best

practices

about

training,

employment,

and

procurement

• Support tribal and sectoral associations to achieve defined

objectives

• Encourage industry

and

Aboriginal

groups

to

develop

flexible

models to facilitate participation in economic development projects

• Consider conditions for access to capital for Aboriginal groups

to obtain

an

economic

interest

in

a project



11

Advancing Reconciliation –

objectives of

recommendations

• Targeted efforts to build effective

relationships, including

refinements

to

Canada’s current approach to consultation

and engagement

• Explore mutually

beneficial

initiatives

that

support reconciliation

• Encourage Aboriginal

communities to

resolve

shared territory issues



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Advancing Reconciliation –

summary of

recommendations

Canada should:

• Develop a federal framework for Crown engagement with

Aboriginal groups

on

major

projects

• Consider undertaking early engagement

• Define its view about the Crown’s and industry’s respective

roles and responsibilities with respect to the duty to consult

• Advise proponents

where

Canada

determines

they

are

not

effectively discharging the procedural aspects of the duty to

consult

• Engage and conduct consultations in addition to those in

regulatory processes

as

required

to

address

issues

and

facilitate resolutions in exceptional circumstances



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Advancing Reconciliation – summary of

recommendations (cont’d)

Canada should:

• Take steps to negotiate non‐treaty arrangements

• Enter into negotiations to advance reconciliation measures inareas of federal jurisdiction

• Support Aboriginal initiatives that have the potential to

address shared territorial disputes

• Where territorial

disputes

exist

in

areas

impacted

by

major

projects, Canada should undertake strength of claim

assessments

• Establish a federal policy framework and guidelines to address

shared territorial

disputes

in

the

context

of

major

project

developments



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Taking Action –

objectives of

recommendations

• Create an open and sustained dialogue and

action on

energy

projects.

• Build Canada’s internal capacity and adopt an

integrated approach to address Aboriginal

interests in relation to West Coast energy

projects



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Taking Action –

summary of

recommendations

Canada should:

• Participate

in

a

working

group

with

Aboriginal

leaders

and

BC

to advance dialogue about each party’s issues and interests

• Designate one or more senior officials to implement the

broad vision for federal engagement with provincial

governments and

Aboriginal

groups

• Establish a sustained presence of senior officials on the

ground in BC to coordinate Crown engagement and

consultations with Aboriginal communities

• Develop its

internal

capacity

to

engage

effectively

with

Aboriginal groups and individuals



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Next Steps

• Consideration of report and recommendations

• Ongoing engagement with Aboriginal communities

on the report and broader issues related to resource

development

• Collection of written comments on the report

• Continuous refinement of Government actions and

collaborations toward shared objectives



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Please send any written comments

by January

31,

2014

to:

[email protected]

The SFR’s

report

is

available

at:

English:http://www.nrcan.gc.ca/sites/www.nrcan.gc.ca/files/pdf/publications/ForgPa

rt-Online-e.pdf

French:http://www.nrcan.gc.ca/sites/www.nrcan.gc.ca/files/pdf/publications/ForgPa

rt-Online-fr.pdf

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