The First Nations Commercial and Industrial Development Act () is an act of the Parliament of Canada designed to allow First Nations to use certain provincial regulations to use certain provincial regulations to improve the economic development within their reserves.
History.
When the federal government passed the act, there was relatively little media coverage.
Provisions.
The act allows for the harmonisation of federal, provincial and First Nations regulations.
The act exempts the federal government from having any liability. The act requires environmental impact assessments to be made.
Application and further developments.
The act helped to enable the Squamish Nation Sen̓áḵw, located near Vancouver, Canada's largest Indigenous-led housing development.
In 2017, the federal government passed a law under the act applying provincial mining regulationson the relevant project lands. The act enabled the Muskowekwan First Nation in Saskatchewan to allow the Encanto Potash to develop a mine.
The act facilitated the Resolute Forest Products Fort William First Nation to allow Resolute Forest Products to develop a sawmill.