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What does JBNQA stand for?

James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement


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Samples in periodicals archive:
That ruling led to the James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement in 1975 and a cash settlement of $225 million to Cree and Inuit for giving up aboriginal claims to about half the territory of Quebec and clearing the way for the James Bay hydro project.
The KRG, a non-ethnic public organization created thirty years ago under the James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement has jurisdiction over nearly the entire territory of Quebec north of the 55th parallel, home to mostly Inuit communities.
For our purpose, there are three broad categories of Crown lands: * Lands subject to Aboriginal rights or an unproven claim of Aboriginal title; * Lands subject to an historic treaty; * Lands subject to a modern land claims agreement, the first of which was the James Bay And Northern Quebec Agreement of 1975.
About the Kativik Regional Government The Kativik Regional Government (KRG), a supra-municipal body, was established by the Kativik Act in August 1978 which followed the signing of the James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement in 1975.
It brings resolution to litigation over past implementation of the James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement (JBNQA), and resolves other disputes not necessarily related to the JBNQA.
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Murdoch argues that in the case of Quebec and Canada versus Kanatewat, the court decision rendered by Judge Albert Malouf in 1973, was so favorable to the Crees that it persuaded the Crown to enter into negotiations that led to the James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement, a deal seen as very favorable to the Cree people.
He also played an important role in the negotiation of the James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement, and is signatory of la Prix des Braves with former Quebec premier Bernard Landry.
A new strain of SARBS reared its head in 1975 at the signing of the James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement.

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