Framework Agreement on First Nation Land Management Act

The Framework Agreement on First Nation Land Management Act^{[nb 1]} (French: Loi sur l’Accord-cadre relatif à la gestion des terres de premières nations) is a Canadian federal law designed to replace the First Nations Land Management Act with a legal regime, while maintaining existing laws made under the FNLA by First Nations.^[2]

Framework Agreement on First Nation Land Management Act
Parliament of Canada
Long title An Act respecting the Framework Agreement on First Nation Land Management
Citation	S.C. 2022, c. 19, s. 121
Assented to	2022-12-15
Related legislation
First Nations Land Management Act
Status: In force

Provisions

The act allows First Nations to exempt themselves from 44 sections of the Indian Act.^[3]

Under the act, First Nations can develop their own land codes and take more control over the territory in their areas.^[4]

Application

As of April 2023, nationally there 25 separate self-government agreements across 43 Indigenous communities.^[5]

Criticism

The act has been criticised in the Financial Post for not allowing the transfer of ownership of land to individual First Nations people.^[6]

Footnotes

1. Sometimes referred to as the Framework Agreement on First Nations Land Management Act.^[1]