Legalities surrounding impact and benefit agreements

By Nick Leeson ( June 17, 2020, 10:51 AM EDT) -- Impact and benefit agreements (IBA) are a mechanism that enables a proponent who wants to develop resources on traditional Indigenous lands and territories to seek the support of the Indigenous party for that development. IBAs do not replace the Crown’s duty to consult, but the Crown typically delegates procedural aspects of consultation to third parties, including proponents....