Daily Archives: December 22, 2018

What is the KPMG Report?

IN 2009, the First Nations Land Management Resource Centre and Canada commisioned KPMG to compare the costs and benefits to the Government of Canada of administering reserve land under the Indian Act with the costs and benefits to First Nations governing their lands under the Framework Agreement. A sample of 17 First Nations was selected.…

What is the Lands Advisory Board?

The Lands Advisory Board (LAB) was officially established in 1996 under the Framework Agreement on First Nation Land Management (Framework Agreement), which was given royal assent in 1999 by the First Nations Land Management Act (FNLMA) and had the legal effect of “Ratifying and bringing into effect the Framework Agreement”. The primary statutory responsibilities of…