Wednesday, February 11, 2009

I have a permit for this!


Click to enlarge a copy of application for Non-Beneficiary permit to enter Labrador Inuit lands for the purpose of harvesting.
The permit is accompanied by two pages of the act
in the short title and how the permit is issued.
Some examples: Section 2 Non-Beneficiary does not include (iii) a person who is not a natural person.
So I am alright then.
Also under Conditions for the permit: (2) valid for one year from date of issuance. (3) must carry permit at all time and produce it to enforcement officer if so requested. (4) must carry at all time permits and licence issues under general law and produce same [see above]. (6) a permit holder may not use any means of access to enter Labrador Inuit lands other than by foot, boat or snowmobile.
That's just some and abbreviated.
I dunno, I cant see much traditional Inuit governance in this lot except for the "no Fee" required.
Seems like a lot of paper would have to be carried around if a permit is needed for each species, and each area one would visit in the course of twelve months.
Just a little update on; 'a person who is not a natural person'.
I wonder how all that translates into Inuttitut?

5 comments:

Old Brooktrout said...

the difficulty with modern treaties is that they create all the law-making authority in the kingdom, and thereby create the pretext for the new administration to go on a regulation-making spree. People think they need to do it, but they really don't. It's just more bloody paperwork.

Old Brooktrout said...

On second thought, if this process is all there is to, say, angling for a few char on LILs, then it might be a very efficient, streamlined process.

Unknown said...

Although perhaps they mean "natural person" in the same way that Aretha Franklin meant "natural woman"... or perhaps you're required to "act natural" when you're asked about the permit by enforcement officers...

Old Brooktrout said...

I'm curious whether provincial licenses are still required. If not, this is a vast improvement over what Newfoundland requires you to have, in the case of say fishing: a license (about 100 bucks), but not obtainable in Nain, the services of a registered guide/outfitter (hundreds, if not thousands of bucks, and nothing short of a make-work project to make angling the preserve of the rich), etc...

You wouldn't beleive the stuff I have to carry around with my BC license. My car is stuffed with stickers, bobbles, guides...

I'd be really interested in seeing how this works in practice.

Brian said...

Under Conditions of Non-Beneficiary harvesting Access permits.
(4) A permit holder must carry at all times all permits and licenses required in order to harvest under laws of general application and produce them for an enforcement officer if so requested.

I take that to be laws of NL, will have to check to see if any dispensation to residents of Nunatsiavut.