WHEREAS the proposed “First Nations Fiscal Institutions Act”, is national legislation, 1) which is based upon a municipal model, as well as, delegated authority, not the recognition of our inherent right of self-determination and self-government; 2) will lead to increased taxation over our members, while likely decreasing federal ongoing obligations and responsibilities for transfer payments for capital projects to our band; 3) will likely lead to assimilation of our Reserves into municipal and provincial taxation and land tenure systems; 4) will likely have a negative eff ...[+++]ect on our band members for generations to come.

11. Welcomes the Commission’s proposal to offer developing countries in particular better opportunities to supply services to the EU market through temporary cross-border movement of qualified personnel (GATS Mode 4), but insists that negotiations must ensure: protection of cross-border workers against all forms of discrimination, and of the remittance of their contributions to social security and insurance schemes; observance of core international labour standards; respect for existing collective agreements covering the sectors concerned and for national labour law, regardless of whether the employer is ...[+++]registered in an EU country; and the full involvement of the ILO in monitoring implementation of these principles;

The premium supplements on individual life insurance not taken out under social insurance schemes, like the actual premiums, are not current transfers and are therefore not recorded in the secondary distribution of income accounts.

However, as both the RLR and SDLR are deeds-based land registry systems, the registrar is not responsible for verifying the legal validity of the registered documents maintained within the registry.8 In contrast, provincial land registry systems applicable off reserves, such as the Torrens land title system,9 provide: certainty of title in the registry; a system of priorities for ranking competing interests; and assurance that the registered owner is the true owner of the title.10

Since deeds-based land registries oblige the parties to a transaction to research and ensure the chain of title, they are more costly and difficult to use than land title systems.

The bulk of the bill relates to the Governor in Council’s power to make regulations, at the request of a First Nation, to permit the registration of project lands in a land registry system that replicates provincial land title or registry systems.