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Labrador Inuit Land Claims Framework Agreement 1990 |
| Date: | 30 November 1990 | |
| Sub Category: | Framework Agreement (Canada) | Comprehensive Land Claims Agreement (Canada) |
| Place: | Labrador |
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| State/Country: | Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada |
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| Subject Matter: | Compensation | Cultural Heritage | Economic Development | Education | Environmental Heritage | Health and Community Services | Land Management | Land Transaction | Mining and Minerals | Self Government | Recognition of Traditional Rights and Interests | Land Settlement |
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| The Labrador Inuit Land Claims Framework Agreement was signed by the Labrador Inuit Association (LIA), the Canadian Government, and the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador on 30 November 1990. It sets out the details of the land claim's negotiation agenda, process and timetable. The Framework Agreement thus paved the way for negotiation of an Agreement-in-Principle (signed in 2001) and ultimately a Final Agreement (signed in 2003). The Labrador Inuit Land Claim was first submitted in 1977, four years after the decision of the Supreme Court of Canada in Calder's case which recognised the existence of Aboriginal title in Canada and after which the federal Comprehensive Claims Policy was established. Comprehensive claims constitute contemporary treaties between Aboriginal groups, the Government of Canada, and the relevant province or territory. They are constitutionally protected. The LIA comprehensive land claim is based on traditional and continuing use by the Inuit of the coastline and parts of the interior of Northern Labrador, and seeks to achieve certainty with respect to land and resource use, as well as self-government arrangements. |
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