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The Crown Perspective: Recent Federal and Provincial Initiatives to Improve Negotiations among Industry, Aboriginals and the Crown
David Didluck
Director, Negotiations Branch, Ontario Ministry of Aboriginal Affairs

• How can Aboriginal communities take advantage of Ontario’s new Green Energy and Green Economy Act, 2009 to negotiate clean energy ventures?
• Getting up-to-date on federal initiatives impacting negotiations
  - will the New Specifi c Claims Action Plan be more effective? what are the Aboriginal and industry concerns?
  - how will the new guidelines for federal offi cials affect negotiations between Aboriginal communities and other stakeholders?
  - update on the Major Projects Management Offi ce: how will it facilitate negotiations?
• Learning the latest on provincial initiatives affecting negotiations
  - what’s new with the Ontario Mining Act?
  - what can other provinces learn from BC’s plan to recognize aboriginal rights and title in provincial law?