Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Thank you for the question. Yes, and that was something that was identified by a number of parties during all the consultations. What the action plan is intended to do with its suite of regulatory amendments or changes is to include timelines for our minister as well as other m

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  That's correct. It will be part of the legislative regimes.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  As you know, when the action plan was announced, the appointment of John Pollard as the chief federal negotiator was announced as well, and his mandate is to talk to all stakeholders--aboriginal groups, the Government of the Northwest Territories--to talk about restructuring, and

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Mr. Pollard will be talking to the government of the territories about that.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  We can't pre-judge what Mr. Pollard will come to the minister with.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair, and good morning. As you mentioned, I'm accompanied by my colleague, Stephen Gagnon, the director general of our claims implementation branch. I'm the director general of natural resources and environment in our northern affairs organization. I would like

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Consultation has been ongoing on all the pieces of legislation. The NPPA Act that I referred to in NPPA has had a number of years of consultations with NTI, the Government of Nunavut, the Nunavut Planning Commission, and the Nunavut Impact Review Board. The consultations have bee

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  The NWT Surface Rights Board Act is the last piece of legislation to be created in the NWT. There are surface rights board acts in both Nunavut and Yukon, which provide a forum for the management of access disputes between a developer and landowner, for example. Should there be a

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I'd have to get back to you on all the details of the act. I'm sorry, I don't have all the details of the act in front of me.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  That's the target. The work is well under way.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I'm not an expert in that particular act, but I'd be happy to get more information for you.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Land-use planning has been identified as a key element of the regulatory regime, and we are continuing those discussions with all the parties. That is continuing and hasn't changed at all.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  The announcement included three specific areas. It didn't include land-use planning specifically, but land-use planning is continuing.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Land-use planning discussions are continuing. They are continuing, so they are—

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  It was not a specific—