Mackenzie Valley Resource Management Act (S.C. 1998, c. 25)

Marginal note:Guiding principles

35 Land use planning for a settlement area shall be guided by the following principles:

• (a) the purpose of land use planning is to protect and promote the social, cultural and economic well-being of residents and communities in the settlement area, having regard to the interests of all Canadians;

• (b) special attention shall be devoted to the rights of the Gwich’in and Sahtu First Nations under their land claim agreements, to protecting and promoting their social, cultural and economic well-being and to the lands used by them for wildlife harvesting and other resource uses; and

• (c) land use planning must involve the participation of the first nation and of residents and communities in the settlement area.