Environment committee  In 1997 the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples recommended the reconstitution of the original nations of this land so that we can have meaningful consultation in all aspects of our governance. The reason consultation takes so long right now is that, as the National Chief note

Environment committee  One of the tools we have for that in the Atlantic, under the Department of Fisheries and Oceans, is the aboriginal aquatic resource and oceans management program, and also the aboriginal fisheries strategy. Both of these programs were implemented from court decisions, forcing DFO

Environment committee  From our working arrangement, the current lengths of time are adequate as long as we have that prior engagement and that prior relationship, as we do with the Department of Fisheries and Oceans.

Environment committee  If you're using SARA as the initial point of contact and the initial consultation, then yes, it could take quite a length of time to grab some of those views, and it's species-by-species specific.

Environment committee  The Species at Risk Act was pushed very much by the aboriginal peoples of this country, the first few bills and the latest one, Bill C-5. We know that species don't know boundaries. Right across Canada they come and go as they please. We are a part of that cycle. By pushing a sp

Environment committee  It's just because of what I stated before. We are a federation. We are part of this federation and we want to be a part of that solution, not try to make a million different types of laws, because that's the situation right now. We've got jurisdictional issues, but it needs to be

Environment committee  Let me just try to wrap your head around this. In Canada we have 53 aboriginal languages. We have seven language families. In all of Europe there's one language family. There's a huge diversity of aboriginal people across the land, just as there's a huge diversity in our ecoreg

Environment committee  It's not so much a listing of an individual species; it's about the habitat. With aboriginal peoples, it's always about the habitat. We are interconnected and interdependent with the habitat, so it's as much about us as well. It's about our culture, our identity, our knowledge. I

Environment committee  I believe it was listed as of special concern. There was a lot of talk about this, but I'm not....

Environment committee  It's been discussed, anyway.

Environment committee  The timelines are only short in our current implementation of it, in that environment. If we increase the timelines to three years, it wouldn't be enough. Five years wouldn't be enough. What is sorely needed is an ethic of respect, of sustainable development, first and foremost l

Environment committee  The socio-economic impact analysis statement is key and is a missing component in the SARA. Under the cabinet directive for streamlining regulations, Canada has to produce the SEIS and the regulatory impact analysis statement, which largely takes from that socio-economic impact a

Environment committee  The Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife has a number of scientists on it. The aboriginal traditional knowledge subcommittee is a committee of 12, and they review all assessments. The work that the COSEWIC does is a lot of library work, of reviewing reports and talking

Environment committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair, and thank you to the committee for allowing us to come and present on a very important matter to us. The Maritime Aboriginal Peoples Council, MAPC, is the Maritimes region intergovernmental leaders forum of the New Brunswick Aboriginal Peoples Council, the