Kaska Nation Urges Senate to Reconsider Bill C-39. News Release

WATSON LAKE, YT – February 27, 2002 – Representatives from the Kaska Nation met with the Senate Standing Committee on Energy, the Environment and Natural Resources on February 21 to explain concerns about Bill C-39, the new Yukon Act. The proposed Bill would provide the Yukon Government with authority over public lands, resources and waters in the Yukon that were previously the responsibility of the federal government. The House of Commons passed Bill C-39 on December 3 and it is now before the Senate ...