Agreement to resolve the Baril-Moses forestry dispute between the cree nation of Eeyou Itchee and the gouvernement du Québec

“We are taking yet another significant step today in the Nation-to-Nation relations between Québec and the Cree.” It is in these terms that Québec Premier Philippe Couillard welcomed Grand Chief of the Grand Council of the Crees (Eeyou Istchee) Matthew Coon Come at the ceremony at which a new partnership and collaboration agreement was signed. For this occasion, minister of Forests, Wildlife and Parks Laurent Lessard, Minister of Sustainable Development, the Environment and the Fight Against Climate Change David Heurtel, Minister responsible for Native Affairs Geoffrey Kelley, and Minister responsible for Canadian Intergovernmental Affairs and the Canadian Francophonie Jean-Marc Fournier accompanied the Premier.

• The Québec government signs a new agreement with the Cree (Press release July 13, 2015)
• Agreement with the cree nation (PDF, 17 pages, 715 Kb)
• Agreement with the cree nation - Highlights (PDF, 1 page, 88 Kb)
• Map Québec protected areas component (PDF, 1 page, 12,5 Mb)
• Map Protected areas component referred (PDF, 1 page, 2,69 Mb)
• Map Forest access roads (PDF, 1 page, 332 Kb)
• Map Access roads subject to impact assessment (PDF, 1 page, 3,44 Mb)
•  Grand Council of the Crees (Eeyou Istchee) / Cree Nation Government and Government of Québec Sign the Agreement to Resolve the Baril-Moses Forestry Dispute (Press release July 13, 2015)