Mackenzie Valley Resource Management Act

Marginal note:Guiding principles

115 The process established by this Part shall be carried out in a timely and expeditious manner and shall have regard to

• (a) the protection of the environment from the significant adverse impacts of proposed developments;

• (b) the protection of the social, cultural and economic well-being of residents and communities in the Mackenzie Valley; and

• (c) the importance of conservation to the well-being and way of life of the aboriginal peoples of Canada to whom section 35 of the Constitution Act, 1982 applies and who use an area of the Mackenzie Valley.