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Funding
Over the initial five years of the Study, the Partners
raised close to ten million dollars. In the original funding formula there
was a three-way matching arrangement where the Government of Canada and the
Government of the Northwest Territories, each matched contributions from
Aboriginal, Industrial/Mining and Environmental organizations and companies
up to $750,000 per year for a total possible annual budget of $2.25 million.
With the creation of Nunavut, the Government of Nunavut
joined the Study and the funding partnership, and the formula was changed.
In the end the Government of Canada contributed just over a third of the
required funds, an impressive array of 46 different
Industry/Aboriginal/Environmental Organizations contributed just under a
third (with Industry providing about 85% including contributions of more
than one million dollars each from BHP Billiton and Diavik Diamond Mines),
Government of the Northwest Territories contributed about 28% and Government
of Nunavut contributed about 2%. Some 80 percent of the money was applied
directly to research.
The
Final Report 1996-2001 includes details of all contributions over the
life of the WKSS in the Financial Information section.
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