Acronyms

 ADM

 Assistant Deputy Minister

 AAMDC

 Alberta Association of Municipal Districts & Counties

 Ad hoc

 a Latin phrase which means "for this purpose

 AFUDC

 Allowance for funds used during construction

 AIGA

 Alaska Gas Inducement Act

 AML

 Alaska Municipal League

 AMSC  Alberta Municipal Services Corporation

 AUMA

 Alberta Urban Municipal Association

 ATIPP

 Access to Information and Protection of Privacy

 AYC

 Association of Yukon Communities

 BANANA

 Build Absolutely Nothing Anywhere Near Anything  (or Anyone).

 BCF

 Building Canada Fund

 Bcf/d

 Billion cubic feet per day

 CA  Community Affairs

 CAFN

 Champagne/Aishihik First Nation

 CAO

 Chief Administrative Officer

 CCME

 Canadian Council Ministers of the Environment

 CDF

 Community Development Fund

 CEO

 Chief Executive Officer

 CESO

 Canadian Executive Services Organization

 CRA

 Canada Revenue Agency

 CS  Community Services

 CSIF

 Canada Strategic Infrastructure Fund

 CTTS

 Community Training Trust Society

 CWWA

 Canadian Water and Wastewater Association

 CYFN

 Council of Yukon First Nations

 DM

 Deputy Minister

 ED

 Executive Director

 EMO

 Emergency Measures Organization

 EMR

 Energy Mines & Resources

 ERCB

 Energy Resources Conservation Board

 FCM

 Federation of Canadian Municipalities

 FERC

 Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

 FN

 First Nation

 GTA

 Gas Tax Agreement

 GDP

 Gross Domestic Product

 GTP

 Gas Treatment Plant

 ICSP

 Integrated Community Sustainability Planning

 IMBL

 Inter-Municipal Business Licence

 LAC

 Local Advisory Committee

 LGANT

 Local Government Administrators of the NWT

 LGMA

 Local Government Management Association of B.C.

 LNG

 Liquid Natural Gas

 MARC

 Municipal Act Review Committee

 MMbtu

 Million British thermal units

 MRIF

 Municipal Rural Infrastructure Fund

 MWWE

 Municipal Waste Water Effluent

 NEB

 National Energy Board

 NIMBY

 Not in My Back Yard

 NIMTO

 Not in My Term of Office

 NRAHTA

 Northern Rockies Alaska Highway Tourism Association

 OCP

 Official Community Plan

 OH & S

 Occupational Health & Safety

 OTOF  Our Towns Our Future

 PEP

 Partners for Economic Progress or Prosperity

 PW

 Public Works

 RDI

 Rural Development Institute

 REDF

 Regional Economic Development Fund

 RFT

 Request for Tender

 RI

 Reciprocal Insurance

 RRRT

 Ross River Round Table

 SIMSI

 Shared Information Management System for Infrastructure

 TIA

 Tourism Industry Association of The Yukon

 TILMA

 Trade, Investment and Labour Mobility Agreement

 TOR

 Terms of Reference

 TTC

 Teslin Tlingit Council

 TTTF

 Tourism Training Trust Fund

 UBCM

 Union of British Columbia Municipalities

 WCSB

 Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin

 YCB

 Yukon Convention Bureau

 YCEE

 Yukon Council on the Economy and the Environment

 YESAB

Yukon Environmental and Socio-economic Assessment Board

 Yukon CIA

 Yukon Community Insurance Association

 YMB

 Yukon Municipal Board

 YWWA

 Yukon Water and Waste Association

 YRRT

 Yukon Regional Round Table

 YSAR

 Yukon Species at Risk Act

 YSCP

 Yukon Sustainable Community Partnership

 YTG

 Yukon Territorial Government

 YTIC

 Yukon Technology Innovation Centre

 YWCH&SB

 Yukon Workers’ Compensation Health & Safety Board

 YWWA

 Yukon Water and Waste Association