Environment committee  I'll try to be quick. For our part, we think education is key, particularly in urban areas. It's a little odd, because you wouldn't necessarily think it, but the national chief was referencing, for instance, Caldwell First Nation or Walpole Island First Nation and the initiativ

Environment committee  I'll try to be quick. On that, I think it would be entirely productive for you to be engaged with first nations that have had both beneficial and poor experiences with CEAA. It would be good to hear from all sides. AFN takes the position that the government has to respond to th

Environment committee  Yes, there should, and there is. That's already part of the law. That's where the duty to consult and accommodate arose. So there definitely ought to be and there definitely is. Now, whether or not that's recognized and reflected through the environmental assessment process is

Environment committee  Thanks for the question. I've been sitting here listening to a lot of discussion about aboriginal consultation. Let me make one thing clear. With respect, I don't know of any federal legislative requirements that fulfill the duty to consult—I understand it's done on a policy bas

Environment committee  I'll take this on behalf of the Assembly of First Nations. The act itself, as a whole, can't do that without a specific provision. Our position is that it has to be done on a case-by-case basis and that first nations have to become engaged early in the process. The process itse