TTN Consultation and Accommodation Protocol
Final - January 2011
Consultation and negotiation meetings, their locations, formats, participants, goals, and timing
Internal community consultation requirements, their locations, formats, goals, participants, and
timing
TTN’s requirements for commenting on and participating in EA and/or other regulatory processes
related to the development project or decision.
Mechanisms for implementation, monitoring and follow-up during the life of project development
The budget may consist of any of the following elements, as applicable:
Expenses to collect, copy, and disseminate information
Expert fees and expenses
Legal fees and expenses
Fees or honoraria and expenses for TTN Representatives (including youth and elder participants
or observers) and the Moose River Basin Environmental Custodial Body elders for their work in
the consultations and negotiations
Meeting costs
Internal community consultation costs
Costs for the Chief and Council to attend any meeting that is specific to the project, which can
include travel, honoraria or fees depending on the intensity of their involvement
TTN expects the Crown and proponent, if applicable, to abide by the terms of the final consultation
workplan and budget, and for the Crown to cover the budgeted costs or to ensure that the proponent
covers such costs. TTN will in turn abide by said terms.
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Step Four- Analysis and Statement of Impact (if required)
Once information about the project is fully disclosed and, if applicable, the consultation workplan has
been implemented to TTN’s satisfaction, TTN will carry out an analysis and issue a statement of the
impact of the proposed development project or decision on its Aboriginal and Treaty rights.
8.5
Step Five- Negotiation and Accommodation (if required)
Once an impact is identified, the Crown and/or the proponent shall enter into discussions with TTN to
determine how to reduce the impacts to satisfy TTN’s concerns. At this stage it may be necessary as a
procedural matter, to invite the proponent to participate if they have not already participated up to this
point.
This step in the process includes the negotiation of any type of environmental protection/monitoring
agreement. The environmental and rights issues must be dealt with separate from, and before economic
benefits are negotiated.
Other community agreements with TTN may be co-management, impact benefits (IBA), revenue sharing,
compensation, or other appropriate means to address TTN’s concerns and to ensure the Crown has dealt
honourably with TTN, and the proponent has not been a party to an infringement of TTN’s rights.
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