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From consultation to consent

2025 · Contested Consultations in the Extractive Industries · pp. 81-91 · 0 citations · 19 references

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This chapter uses discussion of the complexities of possible transition from legal requirements of consultation to legal requirements of consent in Indigenous rights contexts in Canada to help to shed light on the contested concept of meaningful consultation. A transition from the legal doctrine concerning the duty to consult potentially impacted rights-bearing Indigenous communities in advance of a government decision to a requirement based on the international FPIC (free, prior, and informed consent) concept is more complex than it first appears. There are significant conceptual differences between the concepts, they operate best within differing policy frameworks, and they involve different preconditions in terms of the communities engaging in consultation or offering consent. The chapter uses these differences to help to flesh out the concept of consultation, highlighting aspects of stakeholder consultation and stakeholder consent that might otherwise escape attention.

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