PROGRAMS
Northern Policy Forum
Freedom to Choose:
Natural resource revenues and the future of Northern
communities
The Gordon Foundation convened a Policy Forum in June, 2007, hosted by the community of Fort Good Hope (Ràdílíh Kòe), Northwest Territories. The Forum, entitled "Power, Revenue and Benefits - Ensuring Fairness Now and Across Generations", was designed to enhance our collective understanding of how non-renewable resource development - especially oil, gas and mining - can contribute to community well-being over the long term in the North.
Forty-three participants - Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal - drawn from
across the North, from other parts of Canada, and from abroad were brought
together. They were invited from all sectors - public, private, and
non-profit - and they reflected a broad range of values and interests.
Download the full report (PDF)
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The following "primers" draw from examples in Australia and Norway, providing an introduction to two of the strategies referred to in the report: Impact and benefits agreements (IBAs) and non-renewable permanent funds. These are among the key tools available to achieve equity in the distribution and investment of revenues, particularly across generations.
Backgrounder (PDF): Reflections on the Sharing of Benefits from Australian Impact Benefit Agreements Ciaran O'Faircheallaigh |
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Backgrounder (PDF): Reflections
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Download additional information about the Forum:
Power, Revenue and Benefits - Ensuring Fairness Now and Across Generations
Forum Agenda
Participant Biographies
Background
Discussion Paper
Devolution and Resource Revenue Sharing in the
Canadian North:
Achieving Fairness Across Generations.
Stephanie Irlbacher-Fox and Stephen J. Mills
Pre-Forum Interview
Report
Ingrid E. Taggart and R. Anthony Hodge
Backgrounder:
Fort Good Hope (Ràdílíh Kòe)
Backgrounder: The
Walter and Duncan Gordon Foundation
Response from government:
We have asked each level of government - federal, territorial and Aboriginal - to respond in writing to the ideas contained in the report. These responses will be posted here as they come in.
Premier Dennis
Fentie, Yukon
Premier Floyd Roland,
Northwest Territories
Hon. James M.
Flaherty, Minister of Finance
(others to follow...)
