Jobs

This position is responsible for administering the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act (CEAA) on behalf of the Crown. It requires knowledge of Canadian Environmental Protection Act, Species at Risk Act, Fisheries Act and other federal and provincial legislation required under the Indian Oil and Gas Regulations. A major challenge of the position is balancing Band interests in protecting their environment and cultural heritage against industry’s desire for development within the framework of Indian Oil and Gas Canada’s legal responsibilities. The work also involves working with First Nations, ensuring Alberta reclamation criteria have been met by inspecting sites and approving site reclamation prior to surrender approval.

A pool of candidates may be established. IOGC prefers to appoint at Grade Level 8. All candidates who meet the Essential Qualifications may be considered for appointment to the Level 7 position. Those candidates who meet the Essential Qualifications and some or all of the Asset Qualifications may be considered for appointment to the Level 8 position, based on relevance, depth and breadth of education and experience.

A unique opportunity exists for a Contracts Analyst Consultant to work with Indian Oil and Gas Canada (IOGC) and its First Nation clients in the preparation of TLE surface and subsurface replacement agreements. If you have the desire to broaden your horizons and discover a different aspect of the oil and gas industry, please click the link above or go online to http://www.merx.com and enter "TLE" in the Search field for full information. The closing date for this exciting opportunity is December 27, 2006. Please note that Indian Oil and Gas Canada is located outside of the hectic Calgary downtown core at the west end of Anderson Road.

What's New

• November 14, 2006 -Changes to Royalty Entity Creation Process, November 2006 information letter
• October 31, 2006 -The Surface Memorandum of Surrender and Surface Memorandum of Partial Surrender forms have been modified with the addition of an Affidavit of Witness section. These forms are now available in both PDF and Word formats.
• August 23,2006 - Annual Report 2005/2006
  (PDF 1.58 MB)
• August 4, 2006 - Changes to Baseline Well Density in SE Alberta - Information for First Nations
  (June 2006, PDF 80KB)
• August 4, 2006 - The Gas Royalty Statement and Oil Royalty Statement forms have been removed from the web site. They are no longer needed as IOGC’s electronic submissions system for royalty data has been operational since April 2005.
• July 18, 2006 - The March 2003 information letter Processes for Entity ID Setups has been removed from the web site as it is no longer applicable.
• July 5, 2006 - Environmental Audit Requirements
• June 21,2006 - Statement of Account - Surface/Subsurface Land and the Application of Interest
  (May 2006, PDF 27KB)
• April 11, 2006 - Annual Report 2004/2005
  (PDF 748KB)
• February 2, 2006 - The Role of IOGC in Treaty Land Entitlement
  (January 2006, PDF 30KB)
• February 2, 2006 - IOGC's Administrative Requirements for TLE Replacement Agreements
  (January 2006, PDF 26KB)

First Nations Oil and Gas and Moneys Management Act

A very important milestone was reached for First Nations and for Indian Oil and Gas Canada (IOGC) when the proposed First Nations Oil and Gas and Moneys Management Act (FNOGMMA), referred to as Bill C-54, passed through the Senate and received Royal Assent by the Governor General late in the evening of November 25, 2005. The act came into force on April 1, 2006.

Introduced in the House of Commons on June 1st 2005 and requiring almost six months to go through the parliamentary process, passage of the bill was in many ways the culmination of a process which will enable First Nations to assume control of the regulation and management of oil and gas and related revenues on their reserve lands and/or receive and manage moneys held by Canada in the Consolidated Revenue Fund on behalf of First Nations.

The pilot project leading up to the bill has been championed over the past decade by three proponent First Nations, White Bear First Nation in Saskatchewan, and the Siksika Nation and Blood Tribe in Alberta. These three First Nations have been full participants in both the design of the legislation and in developing the necessary capacity to implement its provisions.

For further information on Bill C-54, you can visit the proponent First Nations’ FNOGMMA web site at http://www.fnogmma.ca or the Library of Parliament’s legislative information at:
http://www.parl.gc.ca/LEGISINFO/index.asp?Language=E&query;=4513&Session;=13&List;=ls