Grassy Narrows First Nation [ Grassy Narrows Band ]

Grassy Narrows and Islington Bands Mercury Disability Board

Grassy Narrows and Islington Indian Bands Mercury Pollution Claims Settlement Act

AND WHEREAS the Agreement provides, among other things, for the payment of certain sums to each Band, the establishment of the Grassy Narrows and Islington Bands Mercury Disability Board, the establishment of the Grassy Narrows and Islington Bands Mercury Disability Fund, the payment of benefits to Band members and, subject to certain exceptions contained in the Agreement, the abolition of ...[+++]all existing and future rights of action of the Bands and of every past, present or future member of the Bands, and the estates thereof, in respect of any claims and causes of action that are the subject of the Agreement, in consideration of the rights, privileges and benefits set out in the Agreement;

An Act to approve, give effect to and declare valid certain agreements between the Government of Canada, the Government of Ontario, Reed Inc., Great Lakes Forest Products Ltd., the Islington Indian Band and the Grassy Narrows Indian Band

WHEREAS the Government of Canada, the Government of Ontario, Reed Inc., Great Lakes Forest Products Ltd., the Islington Indian Band and the Grassy Narrows Indian Band have entered into an Agreement for the settlement of all claims and causes of action, past, present and future, arising out of the discharge be Reed Inc. and its predecessors of mercury and other pollutants into the English and Wabigoon and related river systems and the continuing presence of any such pollutants, including the continuing but now diminishing presence of methylmercury in the related ecosystems since its initial identification in 1969;

Grassy Narrows and Islington Indian Bands Mercury Pollution Claims Settlement Act