Muskowekwan First Nation Solution Potash Mining Regulations

Whereas the Muskowekwan First Nation has requested by resolution of its council that the Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development recommend to the Governor in Council the making of the annexed Regulations and, in accordance with paragraph 5(1)(a) of the First Nations Commercial and Industrial Development Act, the Minister has received that resolution;^noteWhereas the Muskowekwan First Nation is a First Nation within the meaning of the First Nations Commercial and Industrial Development Act;Whereas the intention of the annexed Regulations is to ensure that certain laws set out in Schedule 3 to these Regulations apply as federal law to the project, within the limits of federal constitutional authority;Whereas the annexed Regulations specify provincial officials by whom, and provincial bodies by which, powers may be exercised or duties must be performed;And whereas, in accordance with paragraph 5(1)(b) of the First Nations Commercial and Industrial Development Act an agreement has been concluded between the Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, the Province of Saskatchewan and the council of the Muskowekwan First Nation for the administration and enforcement of the Regulations by those provincial officials and bodies;Therefore, His Excellency the Governor General in Council, on the recommendation of the Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, pursuant to section 3 of the First Nations Commercial and Industrial Development Act, makes the annexed Muskowekwan First Nation Solution Potash Mining Regulations.^note