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Government of the Northwest Territories

Category: Organisation
Sub Category:Provincial/Territory Government (Canada)
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State/Country:Northwest Territories, Canada
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URL: http://www.gov.nt.ca/
Summary Information:
The Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories has 19 members. It has no political parties; the system being called a consensus government. Six Ministers and a Premier are elected by the members of the Assembly to form the Executive Council, also called the Cabinet.
As at 1 July 2000 there were 42,083 people in the Northwest Territories, approximately half of these being Aboriginal.
The Northwest Territories comprise 1,171,918 square kilometres. The main city is Yellowknife.

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    • Organisation
  • Government of Canada
  • Dogrib Treaty 11 Council
  • Environmental Monitoring Advisory Board for the Diavik Diamond Mine - Member
  • Tlicho Government
  • Tlicho Community Government
  • BHP Independent Environmental Monitoring Agency
    • Legislation
  • Nunavut Act 1993
  • Gwich'in Land Claim Settlement Act
    • People
  • Inuvialuit People
  • Metis People
    • Policy/Strategy
  • Meech Lake Constitutional Accord 1987
  • Charlottetown Accord 1992

    • References

    Report
    Government of the Northwest Territories (2000) 2000 Report of the Government of the Northwest Territories under the BHP Socio-economic Agreement
    Resource
    The Solon Law Archive (1987) Meech Lake Constitutional Accord
    Centre for Constitutional Studies (2003) Constitutional Keywords: Meech Lake Accord
    Government of the Northwest Territories (2004) Snap Lake Diamond Project Socio-Economic Agreement
    Secretariat aux Autochtones du Quebec (1999) Political Accord between the Nunavik Party, The Government of Quebec and the Federal Government for the Examination of a Form of Government in Nunavik through the Establishment of a Nunavik Commission
    Kevin O'Reilly (1998) The BHP Independent Environmental Monitoring Agency as a Management Tool
    Government of the Northwest Territories (2004) Northwest Territories Lands and Resources Devolution Framework Agreement
    Ministry of Aboriginal Affairs - Government of the Northwest Territories (2001) Memorandum of Intent on Devolution and Resources Revenue Sharing
    Ministry of Aboriginal Affairs - Government of the Northwest Territories (2000) Minister's Statement

    Glossary

    Provincial/Territory Government (Canada)
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    Created:Wednesday, 2 April 2003
    Modified:Tuesday, 22 February 2005
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