Our Codes and Laws

The purposes of this law are to enforce and uphold OCN Law to every case in which any person contravenes, violates, disobeys, or refuses, omits or neglects, or fails to comply with the provision of any Law, regulation order or direction of OCN or its designate, over which OCN has legislative authority, pursuant to the First Nations Land Management Act.

The objective of this Law is to provide for solid waste management and recycling on the Opaskwayak Cree Nation lands in order to ensure the disposal of waste in an appropriate and healthy manner for the future protection of all Opaskwayak Cree Nation citizens.

This Law creates the Opaskwayak Cree Nation Environmental Division (the "Authority"). The Authority must govern the Division, which must be composed of members of the Opaskwayak Cree Nation. The Division must be the lead Opaskwayak Cree Nation agency to pursue the objectives of the Law to protect the quality of the environment and ecological health of present and future generations of Opaskwayak lniniwak and to provide the opportunity for all citizens of the Opaskwayak Cree Nation to exercise influence over the quality of their environment.