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The Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization (NAFO) is an intergovernmental organization with a mandate to provide scientific advice and management of fisheries in the northwestern part of the Atlantic Ocean. NAFO is headquartered in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
The Premier of Nova Scotia is the President of the Executive Council. [7] Being the head of government in Nova Scotia, the premier exercises a substantial amount of power. [7] James B. Uniacke was the first Premier of Nova Scotia and led the government from 1848 to 1854. [2] The current Premier, Tim Houston, was sworn in as premier on August 31 ...
Pages in category "Nova Scotia government departments and agencies" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Prime Minister Stephen Harper visited Sydney in December 2010 where he announced the Government of Canada would contribute $20 million to the Sydney project, on top of a $15 million contribution from the Government of Nova Scotia and $2 million from the municipality and Nova Scotia Power. [3] A contract was signed in April 2011 with Netherlands ...
The Halifax Treaties were a collection of 11 written documents produced between 1760 and 1761, which, amongst other agreements provided Native Canadians the right to fish. In 1999, the treaty was upheld by the Supreme Court in R v Marshall (No. 1) and again affirmed Indigenous fishers the right to fish in order to support a "moderate livelihood ...
Tom Ring, who was Canada's Procurement Minister when the National Shipbuilding Procurement Strategy was proposed, [179] suggests that this request for funds contravened the terms of the original Umbrella Agreement between Irving and the federal government. This agreement, according to the terms written at the time, stipulated that any upgrades ...
Government of Nova Scotia The Spectacle Island Game Sanctuary is a protected area in Baddeck, Nova Scotia , Canada . The sanctuary was established in 1969 after the island was donated to the province by Elsie Alexandra Carolyn Grosvenor Myers, on the condition that it be established as a sanctuary.
When the Marshall ruling came down in 1999. and the Native people decided to exercise their right to fish for a 'moderate livelihood', the government was not prepared to deal with the rights that were guaranteed in the Court's decision. The government started a program of buying back licenses from non-Native fishermen to give them to Native people.