Tsawwassen First Nation Final Agreement

1 Tsawwassen First Nation Final Agreement Tsawwassen First Nation Final Agreement Published under the authority of the Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development and Federal Interlocutor for M tis and Non-Status Indians Ottawa, 2010 1-800-567-9604 TTY only 1-866-553-0554 QS-Y348-001-EE-A1 Catalogue No R3-129/1-2010E-PDF ISBN 978-1-100-15409-1 Minister of Public Works and Government Services Canada Cette publication est aussi disponible en fran ais sous le titre.

2 Accord d finitif de la Premi re Nation de Tsawwassen Tsawwassen First Nation Final Agreement i Signed by the Parties to the Tsawwassen First Nation Final Agreement and dated for reference this ____ day of December, 2007 / Sign par les parties l Accord d finitif de la Premi re Nation de Tsawwassen et ayant comme date de r f erence le ____ d cembre 2007. FOR THE Tsawwassen First Nation / POUR LA PREMI RE Nation DE Tsawwassen signed in the province of Ontario this _____ day of December, 2007 / Sign dans la province de l Ontario le ____ d cembre 2007. _____ _____ Kim Baird Chief, Tsawwassen First Nation /chef de la Premi re Nation de Tsawwassen Witnessed by/T moin : Laura Cassidy Councillor, Tsawwassen First Nation /conseill re de la Premi re Nation de Tsawwassen FOR HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN IN RIGHT OF CANADA/POUR SA MAJEST LA REINE DU CHEF DU CANADA : signed in the province of Ontario, this _____ day of December, 2007 / Sign dans la province de l Ontario le ____ d cembre 2007.

3 _____ _____ Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada as represented by/Sa Majest la Reine du chef du Canada repr sent e par : The Honourable Chuck Strahl, , , Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development/l honorable Chuck Strahl, , d put , ministre des Affaires indiennes et du Nord canadien. Witnessed by/T moin : Tim E. Koepke Chief Federal Negotiator/n gociateur f d ral en chef FOR HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN IN RIGHT OF BRITISH COLUMBIA/POUR SA MAJEST LA REINE DU CHEF DE LA COLOMBIE-BRITANNIQUE : signed in the province of Ontario, this _____ day of December, 2007 / Sign dans la province de l Ontario le ____ d cembre 2007.

4 _____ _____ Her Majesty the Queen in Right of British Columbia as represented by/Sa Majest la Reine du chef de la Colombie-Britannique repr sent e par : the Honourable Michael de Jong, Minister, Aboriginal Relations and Reconciliation/ l honorable Michael de Jong, ministre - Aboriginal Relations and Reconciliation Witnessed by/T moin : Bronwen Beedle Chief Provincial Negotiator/n gociatrice provinciale en chef Tsawwassen First Nation Final Agreement ii Tsawwassen First Nation Final Agreement iii TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 CHAPTER 1 - 3 CHAPTER 2 - GENERAL 21 Nature of 21 Representation and Warranty.

5 21 Constitution of Canada ..21 Full and Final Settlement .. 22 Section 35 Rights of Tsawwassen First Nation .. 22 22 Purpose of Modification .. 23 Release of Past 23 Indemnities ..23 Application and Relationship of Federal Law, Provincial Law and Tsawwassen Law ..24 Relationship of This Agreement and Federal Law, Provincial Law and Tsawwassen 25 International Legal 26 Other Rights, Benefits and Programs .. 27 Judicial Determinations in Respect of Validity .. 28 Consultation .. 28 Other Aboriginal 29 Information and Privacy .. 30 Obligation to Negotiate.

6 31 Other 31 31 Official 33 Early Implementation .. 33 Entire 33 No Implied 33 Assignment .. 33 Enurement ..34 34 CHAPTER 3 - TRANSITION .. 37 CHAPTER 4 - 39 Tsawwassen 39 Interests on Tsawwassen Other Tsawwassen 42 Subsurface Resources Management and Administration .. 43 Tsawwassen Water 43 Reconciliation 44 Tsawwassen First Nation Final Agreement iv Agricultural Land 44 Rights of Refusal .. 45 Addition to or Removal from Tsawwassen Lands .. 45 Highway 17 48 Deltaport Way 50 Federal 50 Provincial Expropriation .. 55 Mines and Minerals Under English Bluff.

7 57 Accreted Lands ..58 Legal Survey .. 58 Contaminated 58 Economic Development Capital 59 CHAPTER 5 - LAND TITLE .. 61 Registration of Tsawwassen Lands and Other Tsawwassen Lands .. 61 Cancellation of Indefeasible 61 Amendment to the Land Title Act .. 62 CHAPTER 6 - LAND MANAGEMENT .. 63 Power to Make 63 Proposed Development .. 65 Provincial Initiatives and Land Use Processes .. 65 CHAPTER 7 - 67 67 Power to Make 67 Tsawwassen 67 Local Roads and Local Boundary 68 Crown 68 Dikes and Flood 70 Access to Tsawwassen Lands ..71 Tsawwassen Access to Adjacent 72 Navigable 72 Emergencies and Natural 72 CHAPTER 8 - FOREST RESOURCES.

8 73 73 Power to Make 73 Economic 73 CHAPTER 9 - FISHERIES .. 75 75 Tsawwassen 77 Overages and 78 Non-Allocated Species 78 Tsawwassen First Nation Final Agreement v Process for Non-Allocated 79 Arbitrated Tsawwassen Allocation .. 80 Amendment to the Final Agreement .. 82 Power to Make 82 Designation .. 82 83 Tsawwassen Harvest 83 Tsawwassen Annual Fishing Plan .. 84 Joint Fisheries Committee .. 85 Tsawwassen Fisheries Operational Guidelines .. 89 Regional Fisheries Committee .. 89 Public Fisheries Management Advisory Process .. 90 Enforcement.

9 90 Stewardship and Enhancement ..91 Tsawwassen Fisheries Fund ..91 Marine Protected Areas .. 91 Economic 92 New Emerging Commercial 92 93 CHAPTER 10 - WILDLIFE .. 95 95 Power to Make 97 98 Designated Wildlife Species .. 98 Total Allowable Wildlife 99 Allocation of Designated Wildlife 99 Wildlife Harvest 100 Regional Wildlife Planning .. 102 Enforcement .. 103 103 CHAPTER 11 - MIGRATORY BIRDS ..105 105 Power to Make Laws .. 107 108 Enforcement .. 108 Conservation Measures .. 108 Designated Migratory Bird 108 Migratory Bird 109 Consultation on International Negotiations On Migratory 110 CHAPTER 12 - NATIONAL PARKS AND NATIONAL MARINE CONSERVATION 111 111 Power to Make 112 Tsawwassen First Nation Final Agreement vi 113 Renewable Resource Harvesting.

10 113 Conservation Measures .. 115 Park Establishment and Boundary 115 Co-Operation in Planning and 116 CHAPTER 13 - PROVINCIAL PARKS AND GATHERING .. 119 119 Power to Make 120 121 Gathering 121 Planning and Co-Operation In 122 CHAPTER 14 - CULTURE AND HERITAGE .. 125 125 Power to Make 125 Beach Grove Parcels .. 126 Tsawwassen Artifacts .. 126 Heritage 127 Archaeological Human Remains .. 128 Place Names .. 129 CHAPTER 15 - ENVIRONMENTAL 131 Power to Make 131 Environmental 131 Environmental Assessment ..131 Environmental Emergencies .. 133 CHAPTER 16 - 135 Tsawwassen First Nation 135 Legal Status and Capacity.