| Interdepartmental Land Use Committee (ILUC)
In August 1983 Cabinet approved the
formation of the Interdepartmental Land Use Committee (ILUC) and
issued a Memorandum of Council stating that the Committee would become
the body that would coordinate government’s resource development
activities. All government departments were advised that any
legislation, regulation, policy, plan, etc. involving the use of Crown
or public lands, must be referred to ILUC prior to approval and
implementation or, where conflict cannot be resolved, approved by either
the Minister of Government Services or Cabinet.
ILUC strives to ensure that public sector
policies and decisions on land use and resource management are related
and complementary. This is essentially an "integrated resource
management" process and the key lies in the willingness of the
participants to reach mutually acceptable agreements. The Environmental
and Land Use program develops the Wildlife
Division's recommendations on ILUC projects, which are submitted through the
director of the Wildlife Division.
To better illustrate the responsibilities
of ILUC, the following are some of the committee’s operating
guidelines:
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All
proposals involving the use of Crown or public lands, other than
lands acquired for a specific purpose, shall be referred to ILUC.
Examples of such proposals are: |
- municipal or regional plans
- community or regional
watersheds
- municipal boundary changes
- agriculture, forestry,
wildlife, park, mineral aggregate, ecological and wilderness
reserves
- cultural, historic and
recreational sites
- major road, hydro, forestry
and other service roads
- legislation, regulations or
guidelines affecting the use of Crown or public lands.
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Members
are required to represent their departments on any particular
issue.
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Membership
is voluntary and open to any department or agency with a vested
interest, and is generally at the director level or equivalent.
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Issues
which cannot be satisfactorily resolved by the Committee will be
conveyed in writing to the appropriate deputy minister.
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Unusual
or exceptional issues that cannot be resolved by the Minister
responsible for Land Management, will be referred to Cabinet.
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The
committee is not intended to interfere with existing
responsibilities assigned to various government agencies or to
replace the environmental assessment process.
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