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Minister tells finance committee cabinet could cancel Nunavut mineral rights without defined national interest
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Rebecca Chartrand
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Tamara Jansen
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Minister tells finance committee cabinet could cancel Nunavut mineral rights without defined national interest ANALYSIS 21 OCTOBER 2026 Rebecca Chartrand said compensation would be looked at case by case as MPs pressed her on Bill C-31 powers over Nunavut mineral claims.
The $100 million claim and the yes-or-no questions Conservative MP Tamara Jansen opened by saying, “I’m trying to understand why your government needs these sweeping powers in this bill,” and asked repeatedly whether cabinet could cancel mineral rights already granted.
Yes or no?” Chartrand replied: “There are affordances in the bill that ensures that we will look at compensation.” Jansen put a scenario of a company that spent $100 million on a lawful claim and needs bank financing to build a mine.
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Minister tells finance committee cabinet could cancel Nunavut mineral rights without defined national interest
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21 OCTOBER 2026
Rebecca Chartrand said compensation would be looked at case by case as MPs pressed her on Bill C-31 powers over Nunavut mineral claims.
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Minister of Northern and Arctic Affairs Rebecca Chartrand told the House of Commons finance committee that cabinet could cancel existing mineral rights in Nunavut under Bill C-31, but offered no definition of the national interest that would trigger it and no guarantee of compensation.…
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