1
Many believe that the ratification of this ______________, China investors and state-owned enterprises will be granted protection and will thus greatly increase their investment in the development of the tarsands, expansion of pipelines, mining projects and possibly future offshore drilling projects.
2
The UBCIC, as a Non-Governmental Organization in Special Consultative Status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations, is working with other Indigenous and human rights ______________ to formally present to different United Nations bodies.
4
As Indigenous Peoples we have the sacred duty and inherent obligation to defend the health and well being of our communities as well as the environmental _______________ of our respective territories.
5
As billions flow into industry and government coffers, First Nations and local communities are left to deal with the long-term social, economic and environmental ____________________________.
6
The court heard the Tsilhqot'in people were "__________________________," with few permanent encampments, even though they saw the area as their own and protected it from outsiders.
7
In its decision, Canada's top court agreed that a semi-nomadic tribe can claim land title even if it uses it only some of the time, and set out a three-point test to determine land titles, considering:
Occupation,
____________________________ of habitation on the land, and
exclusivity in area.
8
A B.C. Court of Appeal ruling in 2012 gave the Tsilhqot'in sweeping rights to hunt, trap and trade in its ____________________________ territory.
9
Multi-national corporations and industry are desperately seeking _______________, unobstructed convenience of access and unfettered control of their government-granted tenures.
10
It is not a mutually beneficial working relationship when the Harper Government is selling the resources of our territories to the highest overseas bidder or slashing federal __________________________processes to bolster bigger projects in our territories.
13
The Tsilhqot'in decision, written by Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin, also has implications for future ____________________________ or resource development on First Nations lands.
15
The court also established what title means, including the right to the ____________________________ associated with the land and the right to use it, enjoy it and profit from it.
17
The Supreme court declared that title is not ____________________________, meaning economic development can still proceed on land where title is established as long as one of two conditions is met.
19
There have been a growing number of flashmobs, round dances, marches, rallies organized by grassroots under the ____________________________ No More banner.