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| January 26, 2012 --- Vol. 05, No. 04 | January 2012
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Land use plan, faster permitting promotes mining jobs
A new agreement with First Nations in the north that provides certainty around resource development along with a reduced backlog of mining permits will help create jobs in the mining sector, said B.C. Premier Christy Clark Jan. 25 in a speech to Round Up 2012. “These are clear examples of government helping to lay the groundwork for job creation,” said Clark. “The land use agreement with the Kaska Dena First Nations will provide certainty and stability as we work together to build stable, family-supporting jobs in B.C.’s northwest for years to come.” George Miller, chairman of the Kaska Dena Council, said, “This agreement applies the vision and principles of the Kaska Dena to resource development, including revenue-sharing and Kaska environmental monitoring throughout the life of a project. The Horseranch Range that is protected as part of the agreement is a breadbasket for the Kaska Dena, where people in the region would go to when food was scarce. It is an area of regional importance that the elders have wanted to protect for a very long time.”
Started in 2001, the Dease-Liard Sustainable Resource Management Plan provides overarching direction for more than 2.3 million hectares (8,880 square miles)of Crown land between the B.C.-Yukon border and Dease Lake. “The clear ground rules established between the Province and Kaska Dena Council will provide the forests, minerals, tourism and energy sectors the stability they need to explore and invest in northern B.C.,” said Steve Thomson, B.C. Minister of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations. The plan also includes a government-to-government Strategic Land Use Planning Agreement with the Kaska Dena Council that will guide future resource development within its traditional territory, but outside the new plan area. The agreement covers more than 7.4 million hectares from the Dease-Liard region to Mackenzie.
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