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In that case, the Judicial Committee of thePrivy Council decided the Labradorboundary question in Newfoundland’sfavour, effectively granting the 112,000square mile territory of Labrador toNewfoundland. Labrador was ultimatelybrought into Canada under the April 1, 1949Terms of Union between Canada andNewfoundland. In 2001, in recognition ofLabrador’s importance, the Province ofNewfoundland was renamed to be theProvince of Newfoundland and Labrador.Labrador hosts world-class naturalresources, including mines, water powersand forests. Development of these naturalresources has resulted in significanteconomic and business growth in theregion.Labrador’s legal landscape is somewhatsingular. Businesses planning any kind ofresource-based undertakings will need to befamiliar with its unique aboriginal rightsregime. Labrador is the home of numerousindigenous aboriginal groups, many ofwhose rights have been recognized andformalized. Of primary importance to thoseplanning to carry on business there will beawareness of and respect for legitimateaboriginal title and rights claims.For the Labrador Innu and the LabradorInuit, aboriginal title and rights have beenformalized by, respectively:the Labrador Inuit Land ClaimsAgreement Act, which establishesthe Nunatsiavut Government’sjurisdiction over Labrador Inuit lands;andthe November 18, 2011 LabradorInnu Agreement-in-Principle, whichidentifies Innu lands and provides forInnu self-government.Resource-based enterprises operating inthe Labrador Inuit lands will need to befamiliar with the permitting and land useregime administered for the Labrador Inuitby the Nunatsiavut Government. RelevantNunatsiavut Government legislationincludes the Nunatsiavut Labrador InuitLands Act, the Nunatsiavut EnvironmentalProtection Act and the Exploration andQuarrying Standards Act. A fullunderstanding of the land use regimecontemplated by the Labrador Inuit LandClaims Agreement Act will also requireknowledge of the Regional Land Use Plandeveloped thereunder.The Province’s Aboriginal ConsultationPolicy has application to unresolvedaboriginal title and rights claims to areas ofLabrador which have been asserted by theNunatukavut Community Council (formerlythe Labrador Métis Nation) and by theQuebec-based Innu groups known anddescribed as the Naskapi Nation ofKawawachikamach and the Innucommunities of Matimekush-lac John,Uashat mac Mani Utenam, Ekuanitshit,Nutakuian, Unamen Shipu and Pakua Shipi.The Aboriginal Consultation Policyprescribes the nature of proponent-ledconsultations which will be necessary priorto undertaking natural resource projects inthe areas of Labrador which are subject tosuch unresolved claims.Nalcor Energy’s Lower ChurchillDevelopment Project, the multi-billion dollarBig Land 161