Example
AFNQL
Establishing the Consultation Plan and Parameters of Consultation may occur through an
exchange of letters or through face to face meetings.
The First Nations, Canada and/or the provinces shall agree on the Parameters of
Consultation, including more specifically:
a definition of the action being contemplated,
broader implications of the action and its relationship with the policies of Canada
and/or the provinces. At this point, a First Nation may decide to assert its right to
be involved at a higher, strategic, level of decision making,
the relationship of the current consultations with other processes. At this point, a
First Nation may decide to specify that it is engaging in the consultative process
without prejudice to its rights, as asserted in other processes, such as litigation or
treaty negotiations.
The Consultation Plan must identify the First Nation, federal and/or provincial parties or
bodies that will be engaging in consultation and accommodation and the corresponding
contact people and their coordinates. First Nation, federal and/or provincial interlocutors
should be of equal standing in their respective organizational hierarchies.
First Nations, Canada and/or the provinces shall determine the propriety of inviting third
parties, notably representatives from industry or project-promoters, to participate in the
consultation and accommodation process and provide information and funding, as needed.
The plan should determine appropriate consultative activities are essential to the success
of consultation and accommodation.
The plan should address the means by which First Nation interests may be
accommodated.
The plan should address appropriate consultative activities. Possible consultative
activities include:
meetings between decision-makers of equal standing,
meetings between experts mandated by First Nations, Canada and/or the provinces,
interest-based negotiations, rather than adversarial negotiations or positional
bargaining,