Achievement of Objectives. Generally speaking, the new partnership created by the “Paix des braves” is tangible and positive where forest management is concerned. Over and above discussions between Cree and Québec authorities marking the negotiations, after the Agreement was signed, entities that had not interacted much in the past had to start working together. For example, representatives designated by the Cree and by Québec learned to share different views and outlooks by sitting on the Cree-Québec Forestry Board and on Joint Working Groups. In the six years since the Agreement was signed, the CQFB has had more than 30 meetings in which we observe that unanimity was reached on almost all Board decisions and advices. The members of the five JWGs are in constant contact and are making progress in understanding and fulfilling their mandate. With regard to this ongoing contact, the detailed analysis shows that Cree and Québec representatives still face numerous challenges and must continue to learn to collaborate despite their different organizational cultures and procedures. They must continue to develop a common language and common interpretation of the adapted forestry regime’s modalities despite the linguistic barrier and must step up their efforts to train stakeholders in technical forestry aspects and on Cree cultural components. To ensure that the adapted forestry regime would be implemented and integrated progressively, the signatories agreed on transitional measures. In this regard, we should highlight the parties’ remarkable efforts to incorporate the adapted forestry regime’s provisions as quickly into annual management activity planning as possible. The parties have also shown their willingness to work together to develop forest resources in planned or ad hoc committees, depending on the issue at stake, since the Agreement’s signing, e.g. the Coordina- tion Table on Access to the Territory, Provisional Cree-Québec working team and parties task force on natural disasters, all of which were designed to make headway in implementing the adapted forestry regime. Finally, regarding the preparation of the 2008-2013 GFMPs, the parties developed participation tools, in close collaboration with JWG members, and went to considerable lengths to achieve the Agreement’s objectives. The 15 GFMPs on the Territory governed by the Agreement were approved late in the process, with a commitment to recalculate the allowable cut using tools integrating the specific spatial features of the Paix des braves’ forestry regime. The detailed analysis shows that the very great majority of forestry- related provisions have been implemented…a success in itself. It highlights certain aspects requiring further development—for example, processes linked to planning, commitments resulting from monitoring and the need for the Cree party to be informed in this regard, application of the FPDOs, the MRNF’s statistical summary and the modalities of Schedule C-3 regarding maintaining a forest cover. We should point out that, over the first six years of the Agreement’s implementation, the parties have shown flexibility and initiative, when required, working to implement an adapted forestry regime and make it operational by adjusting its modalities in keeping with the spirit of the Agreement.
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Sources: Agreement Concerning a New Relationship Between the Gouvernement Du Québec and the Crees of Québec
Achievement of Objectives. Generally speaking, the new partnership created by the “Paix des braves” is tangible and positive where forest management is concerned. Over and above discussions between Cree and Québec authorities marking the negotiations, after the Agreement was signed, entities that had not interacted much in the past had to start working together. For example, representatives designated by the Cree and by Québec learned to share different views and outlooks by sitting on the Cree-Québec Forestry Board and on Joint Working Groups. In the six years since the Agreement was signed, the CQFB has had more than 30 meetings in which we observe that unanimity was reached on almost all Board decisions and advices. The members of the five JWGs are in constant contact and are making progress in understanding and fulfilling their mandate. With regard to this ongoing contact, the detailed analysis shows that Cree and Québec representatives still face numerous challenges and must continue to learn to collaborate despite their different organizational cultures and procedures. They must continue to develop a common language and common interpretation of the adapted forestry regime’s modalities despite the linguistic barrier and must step up their efforts to train stakeholders in technical forestry aspects and on Cree cultural components. To ensure that the adapted forestry regime would be implemented and integrated progressively, the signatories agreed on transitional measures. In this regard, we should highlight the parties’ remarkable efforts to incorporate the adapted forestry regime’s provisions as quickly into annual management activity planning as possible. The parties have also shown their willingness to work together to develop forest resources in planned or ad hoc committees, depending on the issue at stake, since the Agreement’s signing, e.g. the Coordina- tion Coordination Table on Access to the Territory, Provisional Cree-Québec working team and parties task force on natural disasters, all of which were designed to make headway in implementing the adapted forestry regime. Finally, regarding the preparation of the 2008-2013 GFMPs, the parties developed participation tools, in close collaboration with JWG members, and went to considerable lengths to achieve the Agreement’s objectives. The 15 GFMPs on the Territory governed by the Agreement were approved late in the process, with a commitment to recalculate the allowable cut using tools integrating the specific spatial features of the Paix des braves’ forestry regime. The detailed analysis shows that the very great majority of forestry- forestry-related provisions have been implemented…a success in itself. It highlights certain aspects requiring further development—for example, processes linked to planning, commitments resulting from monitoring and the need for the Cree party to be informed in this regard, application of the FPDOs, the MRNF’s statistical summary and the modalities of Schedule C-3 regarding maintaining a forest cover. We should point out that, over the first six years of the Agreement’s implementation, the parties have shown flexibility and initiative, when required, working to implement an adapted forestry regime and make it operational by adjusting its modalities in keeping with the spirit of the Agreement.
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Sources: Agreement Concerning a New Relationship Between the Gouvernement Du Québec and the Crees of Québec