Official estimates of land areas under cannabis cultivation in that country increased from 80,000 hectares in August 1996 (for a theoretical production of 52,500 tonnes of dagga), which figures were disseminated by Interpol on the strength of a South African police report, to 2,000 ha, according to the chief of the anti-drug police, questioned by OGD in June 1997, who explained the difference as the result of a " transcription error" in the first evaluation and by the ups and downs of the climate, which radically changed the growing conditions from one year to the next.

When the band took over taxation, they started assessing us based on comparable properties held in fee simple off the reserve, which of course are not subject to the same market vagaries as leasehold property on reserve land.

the competent authority shall ensure that it has, or has access as necessary to, sufficient expertise to examine the environmental impact assessment report; and

(b)the competent authority shall ensure that it has, or has access as necessary to, sufficient expertise to examine the environmental impact assessment report; and

We would assess and judge the proposals for WTO and FTAA on the basis of that statement, making sustainable development the overarching theme for the practice of Canadian policy and trade.

It should not be dependent on the professional assessment of the security intelligence community.