S-3.2 - Act respecting income security for Cree hunters and trappers who are beneficiaries under the Agreement concerning James Bay and Northern Québec

Section 1 Disposition versions

1999-10-22

1. In this Act, unless the context indicates otherwise,

(a)  “harvesting activities” or “harvesting” means the activities involved in the exercise of the right to harvest contemplated in the Act respecting hunting and fishing rights in the James Bay and New Québec territories (chapter D-13.1), excluding commercial fishing;

(b)  “related activities” means men’s or women’s activities related to harvesting activities, including, in particular,

i.  the making or repairing of equipment used in hunting, fishing or trapping;

ii.  the preparation of food supplies, clothing, habitations, materials, equipment and land improvements necessary for harvesting activities;

iii.  the processing, transportation and marketing of the products of harvesting activities;

iv.  the domestic production of handicrafts from products of harvesting;

v.  remedial works and the protection and improvement of wildlife;

vi.  surveys or management of wildlife to assist harvesting activities;

vii.  transportation to and from bush camps and harvesting sites;

viii.  the work carried out as a member of a local committee, not exceeding 10 days per year;

(c)  “activities for the development of the territory” means activities attached to the traditional culture and way of life of the Natives which are connected with the management of the environment and the development of the resources of the territory, and with the maintenance of optimum biological productivity, or with training programmes which fit with the activities contemplated in the programme;

(d)  “local administrator” means the person appointed in accordance with section 30;

(e)  “local government” means any Cree village constituted by the Cree Villages Act (chapter V-5.1);

(f)  “Regional Authority” means the legal person established in the public interest by the Act respecting the Cree Regional Authority (chapter A-6.1);

(g)  “year” means the period extending from 1 July to 30 June;

(h)  “beneficiary” means a Cree beneficiary under the Act respecting Cree, Inuit and Naskapi Native persons (chapter A-33.1);

(i)  “head of a beneficiary unit” means the beneficiary who, taking into account native customs, is considered to provide for the needs of his family, or the beneficiary who is an unattached person 18 years old or over;

(j)  “consort” means a person who lives with another person, as husband and wife, taking into account native customs;

(k)  “dependent child” means an unmarried beneficiary who is less than 18 years of age and who, whatever his filiation and taking into account native customs, is considered to be dependent, for the greater part of the year or while in the bush, upon the providing member of the family;

(l)  “settlement” means a permanent collectivity of habitations continuously inhabited and used;

(m)  “family” means the consorts, with or without dependent children, or a person who is 18 years old or over with one or more dependent children, taking into account native customs;

(n)  “Minister” means the Minister of Employment and Solidarity;

(o)  “Board” means the Cree Hunters and Trappers Income Security Board constituted under section 15;

(p)  “income security benefits” means the benefits paid to a beneficiary under this Act;

(q)  “programme” means the Income Security Programme established under this Act;

(r)  “transfer payment programmes” means the programmes constituted by the Aged Persons Assistance Act (1965, 1st session, chapter 61), Chapter I of Title II of the Act respecting income support, employment assistance and social solidarity (chapter S-32.001), the Act respecting family benefits (chapter P-19.1) and by the following federal Acts, namely: the National Training Act (Revised Statutes of Canada, 1985, chapter N-19), the Vocational Rehabilitation of Disabled Persons Act (Revised Statutes of Canada, 1985, chapter V-3), the Canada Assistance Plan (Revised Statutes of Canada, 1985, chapter C-1), the Family Allowances Act (Revised Statutes of Canada, 1985, chapter F-1), the Old Age Security Act (Revised Statutes of Canada, 1985, chapter O-9), the War Veterans Allowance Act (Revised Statutes of Canada, 1985, chapter W-3);

(s)  “time spent in wage employment” means the number of days spent in work that is not a harvesting or related activity and for which a beneficiary receives wages;

(t)  “territory” means, except where the word refers to the territory of a municipality, the territory in which the beneficiaries have the right to practise harvesting activities in virtue of the Act respecting hunting and fishing rights in the James Bay and New Québec territories;

(u)  “beneficiary unit” means a beneficiary family or a beneficiary who is an unattached person 18 years old or over.

1979, c. 16, s. 1; 1981, c. 9, s. 35; 1982, c. 47, s. 17; 1982, c. 53, s. 57; 1988, c. 60, s. 1; 1989, c. 4, s. 14; 1988, c. 51, s. 126; 1992, c. 44, s. 81; 1994, c. 12, s. 67; 1996, c. 2, s. 894; 1997, c. 63, s. 128; 1997, c. 57, s. 68; 1998, c. 36, s. 209; 1999, c. 40, s. 265.

1997-09-01

1. In this Act, unless the context indicates otherwise,

(a)  “harvesting activities” or “harvesting” means the activities involved in the exercise of the right to harvest contemplated in the Act respecting hunting and fishing rights in the James Bay and New Québec territories (chapter D-13.1), excluding commercial fishing;

(b)  “related activities” means men’s or women’s activities related to harvesting activities, including, in particular,

i.  the making or repairing of equipment used in hunting, fishing or trapping;

ii.  the preparation of food supplies, clothing, habitations, materials, equipment and land improvements necessary for harvesting activities;

iii.  the processing, transportation and marketing of the products of harvesting activities;

iv.  the domestic production of handicrafts from products of harvesting;

v.  remedial works and the protection and improvement of wildlife;

vi.  surveys or management of wildlife to assist harvesting activities;

vii.  transportation to and from bush camps and harvesting sites;

viii.  the work carried out as a member of a local committee, not exceeding 10 days per year;

(c)  “activities for the development of the territory” means activities attached to the traditional culture and way of life of the Natives which are connected with the management of the environment and the development of the resources of the territory, and with the maintenance of optimum biological productivity, or with training programmes which fit with the activities contemplated in the programme;

(d)  “local administrator” means the person appointed in accordance with section 30;

(e)  “local government” means any Cree village constituted by the Cree Villages Act (chapter V-5.1);

(f)  “Regional Authority” means the corporation incorporated as a public corporation by the Act respecting the Cree Regional Authority (chapter A-6.1);

(g)  “year” means the period extending from 1 July to 30 June;

(h)  “beneficiary” means a Cree beneficiary under the Act respecting Cree, Inuit and Naskapi Native persons (chapter A-33.1);

(i)  “head of a beneficiary unit” means the beneficiary who, taking into account native customs, is considered to provide for the needs of his family, or the beneficiary who is an unattached person 18 years old or over;

(j)  “consort” means a person who lives with another person, as husband and wife, taking into account native customs;

(k)  “dependent child” means an unmarried beneficiary who is less than 18 years of age and who, whatever his filiation and taking into account native customs, is considered to be dependent, for the greater part of the year or while in the bush, upon the providing member of the family;

(l)  “settlement” means a permanent collectivity of habitations continuously inhabited and used;

(m)  “family” means the consorts, with or without dependent children, or a person who is 18 years old or over with one or more dependent children, taking into account native customs;

(n)  “Minister” means the Minister of Employment and Solidarity;

(o)  “Board” means the Cree Hunters and Trappers Income Security Board constituted under section 15;

(p)  “income security benefits” means the benefits paid to a beneficiary under this Act;

(q)  “programme” means the Income Security Programme established under this Act;

(r)  “transfer payment programmes” means the programmes constituted by the Aged Persons Assistance Act (1965, 1st session, chapter 61), Chapter II of the Act respecting income security (chapter S-3.1.1), the Act respecting family benefits (chapter P-19.1) and by the following federal Acts, namely: the National Training Act (Revised Statutes of Canada, 1985, chapter N-19), the Vocational Rehabilitation of Disabled Persons Act (Revised Statutes of Canada, 1985, chapter V-3), the Canada Assistance Plan (Revised Statutes of Canada, 1985, chapter C-1), the Family Allowances Act (Revised Statutes of Canada, 1985, chapter F-1), the Old Age Security Act (Revised Statutes of Canada, 1985, chapter O-9), the War Veterans Allowance Act (Revised Statutes of Canada, 1985, chapter W-3);

(s)  “time spent in wage employment” means the number of days spent in work that is not a harvesting or related activity and for which a beneficiary receives wages;

(t)  “territory” means, except where the word refers to the territory of a municipality, the territory in which the beneficiaries have the right to practise harvesting activities in virtue of the Act respecting hunting and fishing rights in the James Bay and New Québec territories;

(u)  “beneficiary unit” means a beneficiary family or a beneficiary who is an unattached person 18 years old or over.

1979, c. 16, s. 1; 1981, c. 9, s. 35; 1982, c. 47, s. 17; 1982, c. 53, s. 57; 1988, c. 60, s. 1; 1989, c. 4, s. 14; 1988, c. 51, s. 126; 1992, c. 44, s. 81; 1994, c. 12, s. 67; 1996, c. 2, s. 894; 1997, c. 63, s. 128; 1997, c. 57, s. 68.

1997-06-25

1. In this Act, unless the context indicates otherwise,

(a)  “harvesting activities” or “harvesting” means the activities involved in the exercise of the right to harvest contemplated in the Act respecting hunting and fishing rights in the James Bay and New Québec territories (chapter D-13.1), excluding commercial fishing;

(b)  “related activities” means men’s or women’s activities related to harvesting activities, including, in particular,

i.  the making or repairing of equipment used in hunting, fishing or trapping;

ii.  the preparation of food supplies, clothing, habitations, materials, equipment and land improvements necessary for harvesting activities;

iii.  the processing, transportation and marketing of the products of harvesting activities;

iv.  the domestic production of handicrafts from products of harvesting;

v.  remedial works and the protection and improvement of wildlife;

vi.  surveys or management of wildlife to assist harvesting activities;

vii.  transportation to and from bush camps and harvesting sites;

viii.  the work carried out as a member of a local committee, not exceeding 10 days per year;

(c)  “activities for the development of the territory” means activities attached to the traditional culture and way of life of the Natives which are connected with the management of the environment and the development of the resources of the territory, and with the maintenance of optimum biological productivity, or with training programmes which fit with the activities contemplated in the programme;

(d)  “local administrator” means the person appointed in accordance with section 30;

(e)  “local government” means any Cree village constituted by the Cree Villages Act (chapter V-5.1);

(f)  “Regional Authority” means the corporation incorporated as a public corporation by the Act respecting the Cree Regional Authority (chapter A-6.1);

(g)  “year” means the period extending from 1 July to 30 June;

(h)  “beneficiary” means a Cree beneficiary under the Act respecting Cree, Inuit and Naskapi Native persons (chapter A-33.1);

(i)  “head of a beneficiary unit” means the beneficiary who, taking into account native customs, is considered to provide for the needs of his family, or the beneficiary who is an unattached person 18 years old or over;

(j)  “consort” means a person who lives with another person, as husband and wife, taking into account native customs;

(k)  “dependent child” means an unmarried beneficiary who is less than 18 years of age and who, whatever his filiation and taking into account native customs, is considered to be dependent, for the greater part of the year or while in the bush, upon the providing member of the family;

(l)  “settlement” means a permanent collectivity of habitations continuously inhabited and used;

(m)  “family” means the consorts, with or without dependent children, or a person who is 18 years old or over with one or more dependent children, taking into account native customs;

(n)  “Minister” means the Minister of Employment and Solidarity;

(o)  “Board” means the Cree Hunters and Trappers Income Security Board constituted under section 15;

(p)  “income security benefits” means the benefits paid to a beneficiary under this Act;

(q)  “programme” means the Income Security Programme established under this Act;

(r)  “transfer payment programmes” means the programmes constituted by the Aged Persons Assistance Act (1965, 1st session, chapter 61), Chapter II of the Act respecting income security (chapter S-3.1.1), the Act respecting family assistance allowances (chapter A-17) and by the following federal Acts, namely: the National Training Act (Revised Statutes of Canada, 1985, chapter N-19), the Vocational Rehabilitation of Disabled Persons Act (Revised Statutes of Canada, 1985, chapter V-3), the Canada Assistance Plan (Revised Statutes of Canada, 1985, chapter C-1), the Family Allowances Act (Revised Statutes of Canada, 1985, chapter F-1), the Old Age Security Act (Revised Statutes of Canada, 1985, chapter O-9), the War Veterans Allowance Act (Revised Statutes of Canada, 1985, chapter W-3);

(s)  “time spent in wage employment” means the number of days spent in work that is not a harvesting or related activity and for which a beneficiary receives wages;

(t)  “territory” means, except where the word refers to the territory of a municipality, the territory in which the beneficiaries have the right to practise harvesting activities in virtue of the Act respecting hunting and fishing rights in the James Bay and New Québec territories;

(u)  “beneficiary unit” means a beneficiary family or a beneficiary who is an unattached person 18 years old or over.

1979, c. 16, s. 1; 1981, c. 9, s. 35; 1982, c. 47, s. 17; 1982, c. 53, s. 57; 1988, c. 60, s. 1; 1989, c. 4, s. 14; 1988, c. 51, s. 126; 1992, c. 44, s. 81; 1994, c. 12, s. 67; 1996, c. 2, s. 894; 1997, c. 63, s. 128.

1996-05-08

1. In this Act, unless the context indicates otherwise,

(a)  “harvesting activities” or “harvesting” means the activities involved in the exercise of the right to harvest contemplated in the Act respecting hunting and fishing rights in the James Bay and New Québec territories (chapter D-13.1), excluding commercial fishing;

(b)  “related activities” means men’s or women’s activities related to harvesting activities, including, in particular,

i.  the making or repairing of equipment used in hunting, fishing or trapping;

ii.  the preparation of food supplies, clothing, habitations, materials, equipment and land improvements necessary for harvesting activities;

iii.  the processing, transportation and marketing of the products of harvesting activities;

iv.  the domestic production of handicrafts from products of harvesting;

v.  remedial works and the protection and improvement of wildlife;

vi.  surveys or management of wildlife to assist harvesting activities;

vii.  transportation to and from bush camps and harvesting sites;

viii.  the work carried out as a member of a local committee, not exceeding 10 days per year;

(c)  “activities for the development of the territory” means activities attached to the traditional culture and way of life of the Natives which are connected with the management of the environment and the development of the resources of the territory, and with the maintenance of optimum biological productivity, or with training programmes which fit with the activities contemplated in the programme;

(d)  “local administrator” means the person appointed in accordance with section 30;

(e)  “local government” means any Cree village constituted by the Cree Villages Act (chapter V-5.1);

(f)  “Regional Authority” means the corporation incorporated as a public corporation by the Act respecting the Cree Regional Authority (chapter A-6.1);

(g)  “year” means the period extending from 1 July to 30 June;

(h)  “beneficiary” means a Cree beneficiary under the Act respecting Cree, Inuit and Naskapi Native persons (chapter A-33.1);

(i)  “head of a beneficiary unit” means the beneficiary who, taking into account native customs, is considered to provide for the needs of his family, or the beneficiary who is an unattached person 18 years old or over;

(j)  “consort” means a person who lives with another person, as husband and wife, taking into account native customs;

(k)  “dependent child” means an unmarried beneficiary who is less than 18 years of age and who, whatever his filiation and taking into account native customs, is considered to be dependent, for the greater part of the year or while in the bush, upon the providing member of the family;

(l)  “settlement” means a permanent collectivity of habitations continuously inhabited and used;

(m)  “family” means the consorts, with or without dependent children, or a person who is 18 years old or over with one or more dependent children, taking into account native customs;

(n)  “Minister” means the Minister of Income Security;

(o)  “Board” means the Cree Hunters and Trappers Income Security Board constituted under section 15;

(p)  “income security benefits” means the benefits paid to a beneficiary under this Act;

(q)  “programme” means the Income Security Programme established under this Act;

(r)  “transfer payment programmes” means the programmes constituted by the Aged Persons Assistance Act (1965, 1st session, chapter 61), Chapter II of the Act respecting income security (chapter S-3.1.1), the Act respecting family assistance allowances (chapter A-17) and by the following federal Acts, namely: the National Training Act (Revised Statutes of Canada, 1985, chapter N-19), the Vocational Rehabilitation of Disabled Persons Act (Revised Statutes of Canada, 1985, chapter V-3), the Canada Assistance Plan (Revised Statutes of Canada, 1985, chapter C-1), the Family Allowances Act (Revised Statutes of Canada, 1985, chapter F-1), the Old Age Security Act (Revised Statutes of Canada, 1985, chapter O-9), the War Veterans Allowance Act (Revised Statutes of Canada, 1985, chapter W-3);

(s)  “time spent in wage employment” means the number of days spent in work that is not a harvesting or related activity and for which a beneficiary receives wages;

(t)  “territory” means, except where the word refers to the territory of a municipality, the territory in which the beneficiaries have the right to practise harvesting activities in virtue of the Act respecting hunting and fishing rights in the James Bay and New Québec territories;

(u)  “beneficiary unit” means a beneficiary family or a beneficiary who is an unattached person 18 years old or over.

1979, c. 16, s. 1; 1981, c. 9, s. 35; 1982, c. 47, s. 17; 1982, c. 53, s. 57; 1988, c. 60, s. 1; 1989, c. 4, s. 14; 1988, c. 51, s. 126; 1992, c. 44, s. 81; 1994, c. 12, s. 67; 1996, c. 2, s. 894.

1994-06-17

1. In this Act, unless the context indicates otherwise,

(a)  “harvesting activities” or “harvesting” means the activities involved in the exercise of the right to harvest contemplated in the Act respecting hunting and fishing rights in the James Bay and New Québec territories (chapter D-13.1), excluding commercial fishing;

(b)  “related activities” means men’s or women’s activities related to harvesting activities, including, in particular,

i.  the making or repairing of equipment used in hunting, fishing or trapping;

ii.  the preparation of food supplies, clothing, habitations, materials, equipment and land improvements necessary for harvesting activities;

iii.  the processing, transportation and marketing of the products of harvesting activities;

iv.  the domestic production of handicrafts from products of harvesting;

v.  remedial works and the protection and improvement of wildlife;

vi.  surveys or management of wildlife to assist harvesting activities;

vii.  transportation to and from bush camps and harvesting sites;

viii.  the work carried out as a member of a local committee, not exceeding 10 days per year;

(c)  “activities for the development of the territory” means activities attached to the traditional culture and way of life of the Natives which are connected with the management of the environment and the development of the resources of the territory, and with the maintenance of optimum biological productivity, or with training programmes which fit with the activities contemplated in the programme;

(d)  “local administrator” means the person appointed in accordance with section 30;

(e)  “local government” means any Cree village corporation incorporated by the Cree Villages Act (chapter V-5.1);

(f)  “Regional Authority” means the corporation incorporated as a public corporation by the Act respecting the Cree Regional Authority (chapter A-6.1);

(g)  “year” means the period extending from 1 July to 30 June;

(h)  “beneficiary” means a Cree beneficiary under the Act respecting Cree, Inuit and Naskapi Native persons (chapter A-33.1);

(i)  “head of a beneficiary unit” means the beneficiary who, taking into account native customs, is considered to provide for the needs of his family, or the beneficiary who is an unattached person 18 years old or over;

(j)  “consort” means a person who lives with another person, as husband and wife, taking into account native customs;

(k)  “dependent child” means an unmarried beneficiary who is less than 18 years of age and who, whatever his filiation and taking into account native customs, is considered to be dependent, for the greater part of the year or while in the bush, upon the providing member of the family;

(l)  “settlement” means a permanent collectivity of habitations continuously inhabited and used;

(m)  “family” means the consorts, with or without dependent children, or a person who is 18 years old or over with one or more dependent children, taking into account native customs;

(n)  “Minister” means the Minister of Income Security;

(o)  “Board” means the Cree Hunters and Trappers Income Security Board constituted under section 15;

(p)  “income security benefits” means the benefits paid to a beneficiary under this Act;

(q)  “programme” means the Income Security Programme established under this Act;

(r)  “transfer payment programmes” means the programmes constituted by the Aged Persons Assistance Act (1965, 1st session, chapter 61), Chapter II of the Act respecting income security (chapter S-3.1.1), the Act respecting family assistance allowances (chapter A-17) and by the following federal Acts, namely: the National Training Act (Revised Statutes of Canada, 1985, chapter N-19), the Vocational Rehabilitation of Disabled Persons Act (Revised Statutes of Canada, 1985, chapter V-3), the Canada Assistance Plan (Revised Statutes of Canada, 1985, chapter C-1), the Family Allowances Act (Revised Statutes of Canada, 1985, chapter F-1), the Old Age Security Act (Revised Statutes of Canada, 1985, chapter O-9), the War Veterans Allowance Act (Revised Statutes of Canada, 1985, chapter W-3);

(s)  “time spent in wage employment” means the number of days spent in work that is not a harvesting or related activity and for which a beneficiary receives wages;

(t)  “territory” means the territory in which the beneficiaries have the right to practise harvesting activities in virtue of the Act respecting hunting and fishing rights in the James Bay and New Québec territories;

(u)  “beneficiary unit” means a beneficiary family or a beneficiary who is an unattached person 18 years old or over.

1979, c. 16, s. 1; 1981, c. 9, s. 35; 1982, c. 47, s. 17; 1982, c. 53, s. 57; 1988, c. 60, s. 1; 1989, c. 4, s. 14; 1988, c. 51, s. 126; 1992, c. 44, s. 81; 1994, c. 12, s. 67.

1992-09-01

1. In this Act, unless the context indicates otherwise,

(a)  “harvesting activities” or “harvesting” means the activities involved in the exercise of the right to harvest contemplated in the Act respecting hunting and fishing rights in the James Bay and New Québec territories (chapter D-13.1), excluding commercial fishing;

(b)  “related activities” means men’s or women’s activities related to harvesting activities, including, in particular,

i.  the making or repairing of equipment used in hunting, fishing or trapping;

ii.  the preparation of food supplies, clothing, habitations, materials, equipment and land improvements necessary for harvesting activities;

iii.  the processing, transportation and marketing of the products of harvesting activities;

iv.  the domestic production of handicrafts from products of harvesting;

v.  remedial works and the protection and improvement of wildlife;

vi.  surveys or management of wildlife to assist harvesting activities;

vii.  transportation to and from bush camps and harvesting sites;

viii.  the work carried out as a member of a local committee, not exceeding ten days per year;

(c)  “activities for the development of the territory” means activities attached to the traditional culture and way of life of the Natives which are connected with the management of the environment and the development of the resources of the territory, and with the maintenance of optimum biological productivity, or with training programmes which fit with the activities contemplated in the programme;

(d)  “local administrator” means the person appointed in accordance with section 30;

(e)  “local government” means any Cree village corporation incorporated by the Cree Villages Act (chapter V-5.1);

(f)  “Regional Authority” means the corporation incorporated as a public corporation by the Act respecting the Cree Regional Authority (chapter A-6.1);

(g)  “year” means the period extending from 1 July to 30 June;

(h)  “beneficiary” means a Cree beneficiary under the Act respecting Cree, Inuit and Naskapi Native persons (chapter A-33.1);

(i)  “head of a beneficiary unit” means the beneficiary who, taking into account native customs, is considered to provide for the needs of his family, or the beneficiary who is an unattached person eighteen years old or over;

(j)  “consort” means a person who lives with another person, as husband and wife, taking into account native customs;

(k)  “dependent child” means an unmarried beneficiary who is less than eighteen years of age and who, whatever his filiation and taking into account native customs, is considered to be dependent, for the greater part of the year or while in the bush, upon the providing member of the family;

(l)  “settlement” means a permanent collectivity of habitations continuously inhabited and used;

(m)  “family” means the consorts, with or without dependent children, or a person who is eighteen years old or over with one or more dependent children, taking into account native customs;

(n)  “Minister” means the Minister of Manpower, Income Security and Vocational Training;

(o)  “Board” means the Cree Hunters and Trappers Income Security Board constituted under section 15;

(p)  “income security benefits” means the benefits paid to a beneficiary under this Act;

(q)  “programme” means the Income Security Programme established under this Act;

(r)  “transfer payment programmes” means the programmes constituted by the Aged Persons Assistance Act (1965, 1st session, chapter 61), Chapter II of the Act respecting income security (chapter S-3.1.1), the Act respecting family assistance allowances (chapter A-17) and by the following federal Acts, namely: the National Training Act (Revised Statutes of Canada, 1985, chapter N-19), the Vocational Rehabilitation of Disabled Persons Act (Revised Statutes of Canada, 1985, chapter V-3), the Canada Assistance Plan (Revised Statutes of Canada, 1985, chapter C-1), the Family Allowances Act (Revised Statutes of Canada, 1985, chapter F-1), the Old Age Security Act (Revised Statutes of Canada, 1985, chapter O-9), the War Veterans Allowance Act (Revised Statutes of Canada, 1985, chapter W-3);

(s)  “time spent in wage employment” means the number of days spent in work that is not a harvesting or related activity and for which a beneficiary receives wages;

(t)  “territory” means the territory in which the beneficiaries have the right to practise harvesting activities in virtue of the Act respecting hunting and fishing rights in the James Bay and New Québec territories;

(u)  “beneficiary unit” means a beneficiary family or a beneficiary who is an unattached person eighteen years old or over.

1979, c. 16, s. 1; 1981, c. 9, s. 35; 1982, c. 47, s. 17; 1982, c. 53, s. 57; 1988, c. 60, s. 1; 1989, c. 4, s. 14; 1988, c. 51, s. 126; 1992, c. 44, s. 81.

1989-08-01

1. In this Act, unless the context indicates otherwise,

(a)  “harvesting activities” or “harvesting” means the activities involved in the exercise of the right to harvest contemplated in the Act respecting hunting and fishing rights in the James Bay and New Québec territories (chapter D-13.1), excluding commercial fishing;

(b)  “related activities” means men’s or women’s activities related to harvesting activities, including, in particular,

i.  the making or repairing of equipment used in hunting, fishing or trapping;

ii.  the preparation of food supplies, clothing, habitations, materials, equipment and land improvements necessary for harvesting activities;

iii.  the processing, transportation and marketing of the products of harvesting activities;

iv.  the domestic production of handicrafts from products of harvesting;

v.  remedial works and the protection and improvement of wildlife;

vi.  surveys or management of wildlife to assist harvesting activities;

vii.  transportation to and from bush camps and harvesting sites;

viii.  the work carried out as a member of a local committee, not exceeding ten days per year;

(c)  “activities for the development of the territory” means activities attached to the traditional culture and way of life of the Natives which are connected with the management of the environment and the development of the resources of the territory, and with the maintenance of optimum biological productivity, or with training programmes which fit with the activities contemplated in the programme;

(d)  “local administrator” means the person appointed in accordance with section 30;

(e)  “local government” means any Cree village corporation incorporated by the Cree Villages Act (chapter V-5.1);

(f)  “Regional Authority” means the corporation incorporated as a public corporation by the Act respecting the Cree Regional Authority (chapter A-6.1);

(g)  “year” means the period extending from 1 July to 30 June;

(h)  “beneficiary” means a Cree beneficiary under the Act respecting Cree, Inuit and Naskapi Native persons (chapter A-33.1);

(i)  “head of a beneficiary unit” means the beneficiary who, taking into account native customs, is considered to provide for the needs of his family, or the beneficiary who is an unattached person eighteen years old or over;

(j)  “consort” means a person who lives with another person, as husband and wife, taking into account native customs;

(k)  “dependent child” means an unmarried beneficiary who is less than eighteen years of age and who, whatever his filiation and taking into account native customs, is considered to be dependent, for the greater part of the year or while in the bush, upon the providing member of the family;

(l)  “settlement” means a permanent collectivity of habitations continuously inhabited and used;

(m)  “family” means the consorts, with or without dependent children, or a person who is eighteen years old or over with one or more dependent children, taking into account native customs;

(n)  “Minister” means the Minister of Manpower and Income Security;

(o)  “Board” means the Cree Hunters and Trappers Income Security Board constituted under section 15;

(p)  “income security benefits” means the benefits paid to a beneficiary under this Act;

(q)  “programme” means the Income Security Programme established under this Act;

(r)  “transfer payment programmes” means the programmes constituted by the Aged Persons Assistance Act (1965, 1st session, chapter 61), Chapter II of the Act respecting income security (chapter S-3.1.1), the Act respecting family assistance allowances (chapter A-17) and by the following federal Acts, namely: the National Training Act (Revised Statutes of Canada, 1985, chapter N-19), the Vocational Rehabilitation of Disabled Persons Act (Revised Statutes of Canada, 1985, chapter V-3), the Canada Assistance Plan (Revised Statutes of Canada, 1985, chapter C-1), the Family Allowances Act (Revised Statutes of Canada, 1985, chapter F-1), the Old Age Security Act (Revised Statutes of Canada, 1985, chapter O-9), the War Veterans Allowance Act (Revised Statutes of Canada, 1985, chapter W-3);

(s)  “time spent in wage employment” means the number of days spent in work that is not a harvesting or related activity and for which a beneficiary receives wages;

(t)  “territory” means the territory in which the beneficiaries have the right to practise harvesting activities in virtue of the Act respecting hunting and fishing rights in the James Bay and New Québec territories;

(u)  “beneficiary unit” means a beneficiary family or a beneficiary who is an unattached person eighteen years old or over.

1979, c. 16, s. 1; 1981, c. 9, s. 35; 1982, c. 47, s. 17; 1982, c. 53, s. 57; 1988, c. 60, s. 1; 1989, c. 4, s. 14; 1988, c. 51, s. 126.

1989-04-06

1. In this Act, unless the context indicates otherwise,

(a)  “harvesting activities” or “harvesting” means the activities involved in the exercise of the right to harvest contemplated in the Act respecting hunting and fishing rights in the James Bay and New Québec territories (chapter D-13.1), excluding commercial fishing;

(b)  “related activities” means men’s or women’s activities related to harvesting activities, including, in particular,

i.  the making or repairing of equipment used in hunting, fishing or trapping;

ii.  the preparation of food supplies, clothing, habitations, materials, equipment and land improvements necessary for harvesting activities;

iii.  the processing, transportation and marketing of the products of harvesting activities;

iv.  the domestic production of handicrafts from products of harvesting;

v.  remedial works and the protection and improvement of wildlife;

vi.  surveys or management of wildlife to assist harvesting activities;

vii.  transportation to and from bush camps and harvesting sites;

viii.  the work carried out as a member of a local committee, not exceeding ten days per year;

(c)  “activities for the development of the territory” means activities attached to the traditional culture and way of life of the Natives which are connected with the management of the environment and the development of the resources of the territory, and with the maintenance of optimum biological productivity, or with training programmes which fit with the activities contemplated in the programme;

(d)  “local administrator” means the person appointed in accordance with section 30;

(e)  “local government” means any Cree village corporation incorporated by the Cree Villages Act (chapter V-5.1);

(f)  “Regional Authority” means the corporation incorporated as a public corporation by the Act respecting the Cree Regional Authority (chapter A-6.1);

(g)  “year” means the period extending from 1 July to 30 June;

(h)  “beneficiary” means a Cree beneficiary under the Act respecting Cree, Inuit and Naskapi Native persons (chapter A-33.1);

(i)  “head of a beneficiary unit” means the beneficiary who, taking into account native customs, is considered to provide for the needs of his family, or the beneficiary who is an unattached person eighteen years old or over;

(j)  “consort” means a person who lives with another person, as husband and wife, taking into account native customs;

(k)  “dependent child” means an unmarried beneficiary who is less than eighteen years of age and who, whatever his filiation and taking into account native customs, is considered to be dependent, for the greater part of the year or while in the bush, upon the providing member of the family;

(l)  “settlement” means a permanent collectivity of habitations continuously inhabited and used;

(m)  “family” means the consorts, with or without dependent children, or a person who is eighteen years old or over with one or more dependent children, taking into account native customs;

(n)  “Minister” means the Minister of Manpower and Income Security;

(o)  “Board” means the Cree Hunters and Trappers Income Security Board constituted under section 15;

(p)  “income security benefits” means the benefits paid to a beneficiary under this Act;

(q)  “programme” means the Income Security Programme established under this Act;

(r)  “transfer payment programmes” means the programmes constituted by the Aged Persons Assistance Act (1965, 1st session, chapter 61), the Social Aid Act (chapter A-16), the Act respecting family assistance allowances (chapter A-17) and by the following federal Acts, namely: the National Training Act (Revised Statutes of Canada, 1985, chapter N-19), the Vocational Rehabilitation of Disabled Persons Act (Revised Statutes of Canada, 1985, chapter V-3), the Canada Assistance Plan (Revised Statutes of Canada, 1985, chapter C-1), the Family Allowances Act (Revised Statutes of Canada, 1985, chapter F-1), the Old Age Security Act (Revised Statutes of Canada, 1985, chapter O-9), the War Veterans Allowance Act (Revised Statutes of Canada, 1985, chapter W-3);

(s)  “time spent in wage employment” means the number of days spent in work that is not a harvesting or related activity and for which a beneficiary receives wages;

(t)  “territory” means the territory in which the beneficiaries have the right to practise harvesting activities in virtue of the Act respecting hunting and fishing rights in the James Bay and New Québec territories;

(u)  “beneficiary unit” means a beneficiary family or a beneficiary who is an unattached person eighteen years old or over.

1979, c. 16, s. 1; 1981, c. 9, s. 35; 1982, c. 47, s. 17; 1982, c. 53, s. 57; 1988, c. 60, s. 1; 1989, c. 4, s. 14.

1988-12-12

1. In this Act, unless the context indicates otherwise,

(a)  “harvesting activities” or “harvesting” means the activities involved in the exercise of the right to harvest contemplated in the Act respecting hunting and fishing rights in the James Bay and New Québec territories (chapter D-13.1), excluding commercial fishing;

(b)  “related activities” means men’s or women’s activities related to harvesting activities, including, in particular,

i.  the making or repairing of equipment used in hunting, fishing or trapping;

ii.  the preparation of food supplies, clothing, habitations, materials, equipment and land improvements necessary for harvesting activities;

iii.  the processing, transportation and marketing of the products of harvesting activities;

iv.  the domestic production of handicrafts from products of harvesting;

v.  remedial works and the protection and improvement of wildlife;

vi.  surveys or management of wildlife to assist harvesting activities;

vii.  transportation to and from bush camps and harvesting sites;

viii.  the work carried out as a member of a local committee, not exceeding ten days per year;

(c)  “activities for the development of the territory” means activities attached to the traditional culture and way of life of the Natives which are connected with the management of the environment and the development of the resources of the territory, and with the maintenance of optimum biological productivity, or with training programmes which fit with the activities contemplated in the programme;

(d)  “local administrator” means the person appointed in accordance with section 30;

(e)  “local government” means any Cree village corporation incorporated by the Cree Villages Act (chapter V-5.1);

(f)  “Regional Authority” means the corporation incorporated as a public corporation by the Act respecting the Cree Regional Authority (chapter A-6.1);

(g)  “year” means the period extending from 1 July to 30 June;

(h)  “beneficiary” means a Cree beneficiary under the Act respecting Cree, Inuit and Naskapi Native persons (chapter A-33.1);

(i)  “head of a beneficiary unit” means the beneficiary who, taking into account native customs, is considered to provide for the needs of his family, or the beneficiary who is an unattached person eighteen years old or over;

(j)  “consort” means a person who lives with another person, as husband and wife, taking into account native customs;

(k)  “dependent child” means an unmarried beneficiary who is less than eighteen years of age and who, whatever his filiation and taking into account native customs, is considered to be dependent, for the greater part of the year or while in the bush, upon the providing member of the family;

(l)  “settlement” means a permanent collectivity of habitations continuously inhabited and used;

(m)  “family” means the consorts, with or without dependent children, or a person who is eighteen years old or over with one or more dependent children, taking into account native customs;

(n)  “Minister” means the Minister of Manpower and Income Security;

(o)  “Board” means the Cree Hunters and Trappers Income Security Board constituted under section 15;

(p)  “income security benefits” means the benefits paid to a beneficiary under this Act;

(q)  “programme” means the Income Security Programme established under this Act;

(r)  “transfer payment programmes” means the programmes constituted by the Aged Persons Assistance Act (1965, 1st session, chapter 61), the Social Aid Act (chapter A-16), the Québec Family Allowances (chapter A-17) and by the following federal acts, namely: the National Training Act (Revised Statutes of Canada, 1985, chapter N-19), the Vocational Rehabilitation of Disabled Persons Act (Revised Statutes of Canada, 1985, chapter V-3), the Canada Assistance Plan (Revised Statutes of Canada, 1985, chapter C-1), the Family Allowances Act (Revised Statutes of Canada, 1985, chapter F-1), the Old Age Security Act (Revised Statutes of Canada, 1985, chapter O-9), the War Veterans Allowance Act (Revised Statutes of Canada, 1985, chapter W-3);

(s)  “time spent in wage employment” means the number of days spent in work that is not a harvesting or related activity and for which a beneficiary receives wages;

(t)  “territory” means the territory in which the beneficiaries have the right to practise harvesting activities in virtue of the Act respecting hunting and fishing rights in the James Bay and New Québec territories;

(u)  “beneficiary unit” means a beneficiary family or a beneficiary who is an unattached person eighteen years old or over.

1979, c. 16, s. 1; 1981, c. 9, s. 35; 1982, c. 47, s. 17; 1982, c. 53, s. 57; 1988, c. 60, s. 1.

1982-12-16

1. In this Act, unless the context indicates otherwise,

(a)  “harvesting activities” or “harvesting” means the activities involved in the exercise of the right to harvest contemplated in the Act respecting hunting and fishing rights in the James Bay and New Québec territories (chapter D-13.1), excluding commercial fishing;

(b)  “related activities” means men’s or women’s activities related to harvesting activities, including, in particular,

i.  the making or repairing of equipment used in hunting, fishing or trapping;

ii.  the preparation of food supplies, clothing, habitations, materials, equipment and land improvements necessary for harvesting activities;

iii.  the processing, transportation and marketing of the products of harvesting activities;

iv.  the domestic production of handicrafts from products of harvesting;

v.  remedial works and the protection and improvement of wildlife;

vi.  surveys or management of wildlife to assist harvesting activities;

vii.  transportation to and from bush camps and harvesting sites;

(c)  “activities for the development of the territory” means activities attached to the traditional culture and way of life of the Natives which are connected with the management of the environment and the development of the resources of the territory, and with the maintenance of optimum biological productivity, or with training programmes which fit with the activities contemplated in the programme;

(d)  “local administrator” means the person appointed in accordance with section 30;

(e)  “local government” means any Cree village corporation incorporated by the Cree Villages Act (chapter V-5.1);

(f)  “Regional Authority” means the corporation incorporated as a public corporation by the Act respecting the Cree Regional Authority (chapter A-6.1);

(g)  “year” means the period extending from 1 July to 30 June;

(h)  “beneficiary” means a Cree beneficiary under the Act respecting Cree, Inuit and Naskapi Native persons (chapter A-33.1);

(i)  “head of a beneficiary unit” means the beneficiary who, taking into account native customs, is considered to provide for the needs of his family, or who is an unattached individual, eighteen years old or over;

(j)  “consort” means a person who lives with another person, as husband and wife, taking into account native customs;

(k)  “dependent child” means an unmarried beneficiary who is less than eighteen years of age and who, whatever his filiation and taking into account native customs, is considered to be dependent, for the greater part of the year or while in the bush, upon the providing member of the family;

(l)  “settlement” means a permanent collectivity of habitations continuously inhabited and used;

(m)  “family” means the consorts, with or without dependent children, or a person who is eighteen years old or over with one or more dependent children, taking into account native customs;

(n)  “Minister” means the Minister of Manpower and Income Security;

(o)  “Board” means the Cree Hunters and Trappers Income Security Board constituted under section 15;

(p)  “income security benefits” means the benefits paid to a beneficiary under this Act;

(q)  “programme” means the Income Security Programme established under this Act;

(r)  “transfer payment programmes” means the programmes constituted by the Aged Persons Assistance Act (1965, 1st session, chapter 61), the Social Aid Act (chapter A-16), the Québec Family Allowances (chapter A-17) and by the following federal acts, namely: the Adult Occupational Training Act (Revised Statutes of Canada, 1970, chapter A-2), the Blind Persons Act (Revised Statutes of Canada, 1970, chapter B-7), the Disabled Persons Act (Revised Statutes of Canada, 1970, chapter D-6), the Vocational Rehabilitation of Disabled Persons Act (Revised Statutes of Canada, 1970, chapter V-7), the Canada Assistance Plan (Revised Statutes of Canada, 1970, chapter C-1), the Family Allowances Act, 1973, (Statutes of Canada, 1973-74, chapter 44), the Old Age Security Act (Revised Statutes of Canada, 1970, chapter O-6), the War Veterans Allowance Act (Revised Statutes of Canada, 1970, chapter W-5);

(s)  “time spent in wage employment” means the number of days spent in work that is not a harvesting or related activity and for which a beneficiary receives wages;

(t)  “territory” means the territory in which the beneficiaries have the right to practise harvesting activities in virtue of the Act respecting hunting and fishing rights in the James Bay and New Québec territories;

(u)  “beneficiary unit” means a beneficiary family or a beneficiary who is an unattached person eighteen years old or over.

1979, c. 16, s. 1; 1981, c. 9, s. 35; 1982, c. 47, s. 17; 1982, c. 53, s. 57.

1981-06-18

1. In this Act, unless the context indicates otherwise,

(a)  “harvesting activities” or “harvesting” means the activities involved in the exercise of the right to harvest contemplated in the Act respecting hunting and fishing rights in the James Bay and New Québec territories (chapter D-13.1), excluding commercial fishing;

(b)  “related activities” means men’s or women’s activities related to harvesting activities, including, in particular,

i.  the making or repairing of equipment used in hunting, fishing or trapping;

ii.  the preparation of food supplies, clothing, habitations, materials, equipment and land improvements necessary for harvesting activities;

iii.  the processing, transportation and marketing of the products of harvesting activities;

iv.  the domestic production of handicrafts from products of harvesting;

v.  remedial works and the protection and improvement of wildlife;

vi.  surveys or management of wildlife to assist harvesting activities;

vii.  transportation to and from bush camps and harvesting sites;

(c)  “activities for the development of the territory” means activities attached to the traditional culture and way of life of the Natives which are connected with the management of the environment and the development of the resources of the territory, and with the maintenance of optimum biological productivity, or with training programmes which fit with the activities contemplated in the programme;

(d)  “local administrator” means the person appointed in accordance with section 30;

(e)  “local government” means any Cree village corporation incorporated by the Cree Villages Act (chapter V-5.1);

(f)  “Regional Authority” means the corporation incorporated as a public corporation by the Act respecting the Cree Regional Authority (chapter A-6.1);

(g)  “year” means the period extending from 1 July to 30 June;

(h)  “beneficiary” means a Cree beneficiary within the meaning of the Act respecting Cree, Inuit and Naskapi Native persons (chapter A-33.1), as well as an Inuit beneficiary enrolled on the list of the Inuit beneficiaries of the Inuit community of Fort George, within the meaning of the same Act;

(i)  “head of a beneficiary unit” means the beneficiary who, taking into account native customs, is considered to provide for the needs of his family, or who is an unattached individual, eighteen years old or over;

(j)  “consort” means a person who lives with another person, as husband and wife, taking into account native customs;

(k)  “dependent child” means an unmarried beneficiary who is less than eighteen years of age and who, whatever his filiation and taking into account native customs, is considered to be dependent, for the greater part of the year or while in the bush, upon the providing member of the family;

(l)  “settlement” means a permanent collectivity of habitations continuously inhabited and used;

(m)  “family” means the consorts, with or without dependent children, or a person who is eighteen years old or over with one or more dependent children, taking into account native customs;

(n)  “Minister” means the Minister of Labour, Manpower and Income Security;

(o)  “Board” means the Cree Hunters and Trappers Income Security Board constituted under section 15;

(p)  “income security benefits” means the benefits paid to a beneficiary under this Act;

(q)  “programme” means the Income Security Programme established under this Act;

(r)  “transfer payment programmes” means the programmes constituted by the Aged Persons Assistance Act (1965, 1st session, chapter 61), the Social Aid Act (chapter A-16), the Québec Family Allowances (chapter A-17) and by the following federal acts, namely: the Adult Occupational Training Act (Revised Statutes of Canada, 1970, chapter A-2), the Blind Persons Act (Revised Statutes of Canada, 1970, chapter B-7), the Disabled Persons Act (Revised Statutes of Canada, 1970, chapter D-6), the Vocational Rehabilitation of Disabled Persons Act (Revised Statutes of Canada, 1970, chapter V-7), the Canada Assistance Plan (Revised Statutes of Canada, 1970, chapter C-1), the Family Allowances Act, 1973, (Statutes of Canada, 1973-74, chapter 44), the Old Age Security Act (Revised Statutes of Canada, 1970, chapter O-6), the War Veterans Allowance Act (Revised Statutes of Canada, 1970, chapter W-5);

(s)  “time spent in wage employment” means the number of days spent in work that is not a harvesting or related activity and for which a beneficiary receives wages;

(t)  “territory” means the territory in which the beneficiaries have the right to practise harvesting activities in virtue of the Act respecting hunting and fishing rights in the James Bay and New Québec territories;

(u)  “beneficiary unit” means a beneficiary family or a beneficiary who is an unattached person eighteen years old or over.

1979, c. 16, s. 1; 1981, c. 9, s. 35.

1979-08-01

1. In this Act, unless the context indicates otherwise,

(a)  “harvesting activities” or “harvesting” means the activities involved in the exercise of the right to harvest contemplated in the Act respecting hunting and fishing rights in the James Bay and New Québec territories (chapter D-13.1), excluding commercial fishing;

(b)  “related activities” means men’s or women’s activities related to harvesting activities, including, in particular,

i.  the making or repairing of equipment used in hunting, fishing or trapping;

ii.  the preparation of food supplies, clothing, habitations, materials, equipment and land improvements necessary for harvesting activities;

iii.  the processing, transportation and marketing of the products of harvesting activities;

iv.  the domestic production of handicrafts from products of harvesting;

v.  remedial works and the protection and improvement of wildlife;

vi.  surveys or management of wildlife to assist harvesting activities;

vii.  transportation to and from bush camps and harvesting sites;

(c)  “activities for the development of the territory” means activities attached to the traditional culture and way of life of the Natives which are connected with the management of the environment and the development of the resources of the territory, and with the maintenance of optimum biological productivity, or with training programmes which fit with the activities contemplated in the programme;

(d)  “local administrator” means the person appointed in accordance with section 30;

(e)  “local government” means any Cree village corporation incorporated by the Cree Villages Act (chapter V-5.1);

(f)  “Regional Authority” means the corporation incorporated as a public corporation by the Act respecting the Cree Regional Authority (chapter A-6.1);

(g)  “year” means the period extending from 1 July to 30 June;

(h)  “beneficiary” means a Cree beneficiary within the meaning of the Act respecting Cree, Inuit and Naskapi Native persons (chapter A-33.1), as well as an Inuit beneficiary enrolled on the list of the Inuit beneficiaries of the Inuit community of Fort George, within the meaning of the same Act;

(i)  “head of a beneficiary unit” means the beneficiary who, taking into account native customs, is considered to provide for the needs of his family, or who is an unattached individual, eighteen years old or over;

(j)  “consort” means a person who lives with another person, as husband and wife, taking into account native customs;

(k)  “dependent child” means an unmarried beneficiary who is less than eighteen years of age and who, whatever his filiation and taking into account native customs, is considered to be dependent, for the greater part of the year or while in the bush, upon the providing member of the family;

(l)  “settlement” means a permanent collectivity of habitations continuously inhabited and used;

(m)  “family” means the consorts, with or without dependent children, or a person who is eighteen years old or over with one or more dependent children, taking into account native customs;

(n)  “Minister” means the Minister of Social Affairs;

(o)  “Board” means the Cree Hunters and Trappers Income Security Board constituted under section 15;

(p)  “income security benefits” means the benefits paid to a beneficiary under this Act;

(q)  “programme” means the Income Security Programme established under this Act;

(r)  “transfer payment programmes” means the programmes constituted by the Aged Persons Assistance Act (1965, 1st session, chapter 61), the Social Aid Act (chapter A-16), the Québec Family Allowances (chapter A-17) and by the following federal acts, namely: the Adult Occupational Training Act (Revised Statutes of Canada, 1970, chapter A-2), the Blind Persons Act (Revised Statutes of Canada, 1970, chapter B-7), the Disabled Persons Act (Revised Statutes of Canada, 1970, chapter D-6), the Vocational Rehabilitation of Disabled Persons Act (Revised Statutes of Canada, 1970, chapter V-7), the Canada Assistance Plan (Revised Statutes of Canada, 1970, chapter C-1), the Family Allowances Act, 1973, (Statutes of Canada, 1973-74, chapter 44), the Old Age Security Act (Revised Statutes of Canada, 1970, chapter O-6), the War Veterans Allowance Act (Revised Statutes of Canada, 1970, chapter W-5);

(s)  “time spent in wage employment” means the number of days spent in work that is not a harvesting or related activity and for which a beneficiary receives wages;

(t)  “territory” means the territory in which the beneficiaries have the right to practise harvesting activities in virtue of the Act respecting hunting and fishing rights in the James Bay and New Québec territories;

(u)  “beneficiary unit” means a beneficiary family or a beneficiary who is an unattached person eighteen years old or over.

1979, c. 16, s. 1.