Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Good morning. I'm Paula Isaak, director general for natural resources and environment.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  It is correct. Over the course of each of those circulations of the draft, there were responses to requests and indications where accommodation measures were made and where they were not made and why they were not made. That occurred in each of the three rounds, I'll call them,

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Over the course of the consultation, it took a total of approximately two years.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I think the drafting of any legislation involves a lot of give and take and discussion among the parties. It's a delicate balance of all of those interests and discussions. I would say, by and large, all the parties felt they had been consulted, their views had been heard, and th

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  The Nunavut Land Claims Agreement makes a distinction between cabinet that approves land use plans and the department and agencies that implement them. We don't think this is a gap, because there is a process for examining proposals to establish a park described in the agreement

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  An analysis has not been completed yet. As part of the implementation process, the intention is to do some analysis once the act comes into effect to analyze if there are any incremental costs that would need to be factored into the implementation contract.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  That is not fully determined at this point. That will be determined in discussion with the parties in the implementation contracting process for the funding—

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  We have not done a full analysis of the incremental costs at this point.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  We have not started that analysis.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I believe that's correct.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  My understanding is the implementation contracts are renegotiated on a cycle at which point all the matters for funding the implementation of the agreement are conducted.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  As our legal counsel indicated, there will be a period of time between when this legislation is passed and when it comes into effect to allow for discussions.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  The concept that we were thinking about was a year minimum before the act came into—

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  The contract will be negotiated for the implementation of this bill in that period of time before the act comes into effect.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I would say that at this time not all the capacity issues for the registry have been addressed. While the commission and the board largely acknowledge that as public institutions they have a duty to share certain information with the public, the bill requires an Internet-based pu