The Teslin Tlingit Council, the Champagne and Aishihik First Nations, and the Little Salmon/Carmacks First Nation

The Teslin Tlingit Council, the Champagne and Aishihik First Nations, and the Little Salmon/Carmacks First Nation have filed a petition in Yukon Supreme Court regarding amendments to the Yukon Environmental and Socio-Economic Assessment Act. They have resisted the amendments saying they violate their land claim agreements. “The amendments through Bill S-6 undermine or weaken Yukon’s development assessment process and our role as Yukon First Nation governments,” said Teslin Tlingit Council Chief Carl Sidney. The amendments dilute the role of First Nations, and the chiefs will not accept that, he continued.