translate English to French: Grants $0.7 million; Contributions $66.3 million) To promote the political, economic, scientific and social development of Canada's North; to assist Northerners, including Aboriginal groups, to develop political and economic institutions which will enable them to assume increasing responsibility within the Canadian federation; to effectively manage and regulate the sustainable development of the North's natural resources in preparation for devolution to the territorial governments; to preserve, maintain, protect and rehabilitate the northern environment; and to manage ongoing federal interests in the North, including federal northern policy, federal-territorial relations and claims and self-government implementation, and federal circumpolar activities.
Ils s’acquittent également de plusieurs des obligations et des responsabilités constitutionnelles et juridiques du Canada envers les Premières nations et les Inuits.