Question Period Note: Recommended Nunavut Land Use Plan

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Reference number:
NA-2024-QP-2850
Date received:
Sep 12, 2024
Organization:
Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada
Name of Minister:
Vandal, Dan (Hon.)
Title of Minister:
Minister of Northern Affairs

Suggested Response:

• The Government of Canada recognizes the importance of a Land Use Plan for Nunavut and continues to support a strong and viable
co-management regime across the North.

• The Nunavut Planning Commission’s June 2023 submission of a recommended Plan for a decision is a positive step forward for the planning process in Nunavut and for Nunavummiut.
• Federal officials are reviewing the Plan, conducting Crown consultation, and collaborating with the Government of Nunavut and Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated on the decision to accept or reject the recommended plan as soon as practicable.

Background:

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Additional Information:

• Since 2015, CIRNAC has provided $16.4 million of supplemental funding to the Nunavut Planning Commission towards the development of the Plan, in addition to annual core funding.

• Five regional public hearings were conducted by the Nunavut Planning Commission in 2022 in support of the land use planning process.

• The development of a Nunavut-wide land use plan, ongoing since 2007, has involved communities, governments, Indigenous organizations, industry and, most importantly, the people who live and hunt on the land.