Environment committee  I cannot add anything else to what Chief Erasmus said. He said it bang on. Thank you.

Environment committee  Yes, we do need more consultation on it. I can't understand that it can actually really help us up here. The NDP is presenting it. There has to be change in that area.

Environment committee  That kind of caught me off guard. It's complicated. I can't really say much on that. Let's go ahead with Mr. Erasmus.

Environment committee  It's kind of hard to comment on that area. I'll talk a little bit about the forest fires. There are forest fires down in the south, and it comes up into the north. Way up in this area we can smell that haze and fire smoke, exactly the same way that there's a lot of pollution goin

Environment committee  Sorry, was the question for me?

Environment committee  On this whole business of setting targets, and so on, it seems that someone wants to decide for us, and no one has the right to decide for us. That's part of the problem. What I'm clearly trying to say--and what I think our neighbour to the east is also saying--is that we have

Environment committee  I was asked last week as well. I cannot confirm exactly what date.

Environment committee  No.

Environment committee  I'm not sure on that, so I cannot really comment. I don't want to say anything that I do not know. They're aware of that bill; they have a copy within the Kitikmeot Inuit organization, with the youth. I'm not sure on that.

Environment committee  No, I'm not aware of it.

Environment committee  I was going to say that we can certainly send it on.

Environment committee  I was just going to comment on navigable waters, which I think is relevant to--

Environment committee  I would like to voice my opinion on that. I do a lot of hunting, like a lot of others up here in the Arctic. We Inuit rely on our country food more than store-bought food. But guess what? It costs $23 for a quart of oil, and the price of gasoline has gone right through the roof.

Environment committee  Yes. Actually, Mr. Erasmus said that very clearly, about the way the aboriginal and Inuit people, as well as the indigenous people, feel very strongly that we have to be a part of this. We've been affected by this and we've known all about that for many years. Even in my short li

Environment committee  I actually had it with me this morning and I forgot to put it in my briefcase before I came to this conference.