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Six Wolastoqey First Nations sign an accommodation agreement with New Brunswick on the Sisson mine
Under the agreement with the province, St. Mary's, Woodstock, Oromocto, Tobique, Kingsclear and Madawaska share 9.8 per cent of provincial metallic mineral tax revenue from the mine: C$3 million on federal approval, 35 per cent of the first C$2 million of annual royalties and 3.5 per cent above that; the province is also to buy about C$1.5 million of freehold land to replace land lost to the mine. The same day the province announced a new 10-year gas and tobacco tax-sharing agreement with the six communities. In a statement, the Nations said most chiefs had long opposed the mine, that the province had made the tax agreements conditional on the Sisson agreement, and that this was 'a critical factor in the decision of many of the Maliseet governments to sign the agreements rather than litigate against the Sisson mine' (CBC News, Feb. 10, 2017).
- Date
- Kind
- Agreement
- Where
- Canada / New Brunswick
- Evidence
- Action: Something was done: a law switched on, a tariff imposed, money committed. How evidence is weighed
- Who
- St. Mary's First Nation (Sitansisk) (signed); Woodstock First Nation (Wotstak) (signed); Oromocto First Nation (Welamukotuk) (signed); Tobique First Nation (Neqotkuk) (signed); Kingsclear First Nation (Pilick) (signed); Madawaska Maliseet First Nation (Matawaskiyak) (signed); Government of New Brunswick (counterparty)