November 11, 2011


Jean M. Gagné specializes in commercial and business law, specifically in mergers and acquisitions, public and private financing in the mining and forestry industries, and drafting all manner of commercial contracts.

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Jean M. Gagné, partner at Fasken Martineau, is the lawyer who advised Goldcorp during the negotiations. He explained that although this agreement is an important milestone for the industry, a lot remains to be done in the province. "The Cree wish to be more involved from a technical perspective and also want, going forward, to meet more of the human resources requirement of projects.

The agreement will definitely be a facilitating element for other promoters to operate not only in the region involved, but also the whole province. The James Bay territory is now better known, with a certain degree of stability. Other areas of the province are still concerned by the process of treaty negotiations with First Nations, which may lead to some uncertainty on the kind of deals you may be able to agree to," he said.