A stake in the future
Subtitle: redefining the Canadian mineral industry
By: Mary Louise McAllister, Cynthia Jacqueline Alexander.
Contributors: Alexander, Cynthia Jacqueline, 1960-; Queen's University (Kingston, Ont.). Centre for Resource Studies.
Publisher: UBC Press
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Vancouver
Language: eng
Number of pages: 224
Subjects: Whitehorse Mining Initiative (Canada); Mineral industries -- Government policy -- Canada.
Description: A Stake in the Future looks at the Whitehorse Mining Initiative (WMI), an effort by the Canadian mineral industry to forge new alliances with other groups who have an interest in the continuing viability of mining in Canada. The WMI's goals were to revitalize the mineral industry, attract new investment, and create agreement among major stakeholders such as the government, environmental groups, First Nations, the mining industry, and labour.

It was unique in that it developed a consensus-based approach to resolve the land- and resource-use disputes that inevitably arise between various stakeholders.

A Stake in the Future describes the process of implementing the WMI from its conceptual beginnings to the working group stage to the signing of the final accord. The book also explores the efforts of the signatories to implement the vision of the agreement after its signing.

Based on extensive interviews with many participants, Mary Louise McAllister and Cynthia Alexander discuss the changing public policy environment, the growing use of alternative dispute resolution, the challenges posed by consensus-base processes in developing a common vision, and the implications of such processes for representative democracy.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [210]-216) and index.
"Published in association with the Centre for Resource Studies, Queen's University at Kingston."