Government of the Northwest Territories

Category: Organisation
Sub Category:Provincial/Territory Government (Canada)
Place:
State/Country:Northwest Territories, Canada
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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  • Nunavut Land Claims Agreement - Signatory
  • Nunavut Political Accord - Signatory
  • Nunavut Agreement-in-Principle - Signatory
  • Tlicho Land Claims and Self-Government Agreement - Signatory
  • Tlicho Agreement Implementation Plan - Signatory
  • Tlicho Intergovernmental Services Agreement - Signatory
  • Tlicho Tax Treatment Agreement - Signatory
  • Akaitcho/Tlicho Overlap Agreement
  • Inuvialuit Final Agreement
  • Gwich'in and Inuvialuit Self-Government Agreement-In-Principle for the Beaufort-Delta Region - Signatory
  • Gwich'in Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement - Signatory
  • Yukon Transboundary Agreement
  • Gwich'in Self-Government Framework Agreement
  • Beaufort-Delta Political Accord - Signatory
  • Gwichi’in Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement Implementation Plan 2003 - Signatory
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  • Sahtu Dene and Metis Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement Implementation Plan 1993 - Signatory
  • Northwest Territories Lands and Resources Devolution Framework Agreement 2004 - Signatory
  • Memorandum of Intent on Devolution and Resources Revenue Sharing 2001 - Signatory
  • Akaitcho Treaty 8 Framework Agreement 2000 - Signatory
  • Akaitcho Interim Measures Agreement 2001 - Signatory
  • Political Accord between Akaitcho Territory Dene First Nations and Government of the Northwest Territories 2000 - Signatory
  • Snap Lake Diamond Project Socio-Economic Agreement 2004 - Signatory
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  • Snap Lake Diamond Project Agreement to Support the Secondary Diamond Industry In the Northwest Territories 2004 - Signatory
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  • BHP Billiton Ekati Mine Project Environmental Agreement 1997 - Signatory
  • BHP Billiton Ekati Mine Project Impact and Benefits Agreements 1996 - 1998 - Signatory
    • 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)
    Created:Wednesday, 2 April 2003
    Modified:Tuesday, 22 February 2005

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