James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement
  • This is the James bay and Northern Quebec Agreement, which is an agreement made in 1975 between the Government of Quebec, the Government of Canada, Hydro-Quebec, the Grand Council of the Cree of Quebec, and the Northern Quebec Inuit Association.
  • The agreement was made following the Calder et al. v. Attorney-General (1973) case and it changed the future of the relationship between the Quebec government and the Indigenous peoples of that region.
  • This agreement was developed because of the Quebec government's influence over the hydroelectric energy production within the James Bay region.
  • This energy production was occurring without consultation of the Indigenous peoples who lived on the land, which resulted in retaliation from the Indigenous peoples and eventually a Superior court ruling against the government's development.
  • This is the full document (containing 454 pages) of the components of the agreement.
Citation

Canada. Quebec. The James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement (JBNQA). John, Ciaccia, Member of the National Assembly for Mount Royal and Special Representative of Premier Robert Bourassa. 1975. http://caid.ca/AgrJamBayNorQueA1975.pdf

Further Readings

For the background on the Agreement: https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/james-bay-and-northern-quebec-agreement & https://www.historymuseum.ca/blog/when-cree-and-inuit-transformed-modern-canada/

For the report prepared for the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples regarding the James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement: https://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2016/bcp-pco/Z1-1991-1-41-128-eng.pdf

Policy Sub-Topic
Legislation, Land Claims and Self-Government (Indigenous Peoples)
Policy Type
Agreement

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