Natural Resources committee  It's really a mixed bag. I think it's a very honourable thing, but I think the problem is that the communities themselves are at a crossroads with how the older people view their land and their association with the land. I have great friends in Kasabonika, the Semples, Harry and

Natural Resources committee  I don't want to leave that.

Natural Resources committee  One of the issues is that if we're going to make them equity partners, then we have to have that kind of clarification come from the government, which then allows us to go back to our shareholders and the stock exchange and have that validated. I have an exploration company that

Natural Resources committee  I don't think it's really fair to blame the provincial government. I really think it's a marriage between the federal and the provincial governments. The provincial government may execute, but at the same time, there has to be some belief that from the native communities.... Her

Natural Resources committee  That's it, exactly.

Natural Resources committee  Okay, here's the issue. Chief Moonias certainly has his issues, and our problem is that he said that the area where the discoveries are falls within Marten Falls; he said it's not Webequie, etc. If you talk to the people at Webequie, they say they're in the mix. Attawapiskat says

Natural Resources committee  —from the government, because we.... I told you that the best form or the best agreement comes.... You can go and look at it in the province of Quebec. They have a blueprint.

Natural Resources committee  I know you've heard it many times—

Natural Resources committee  —but on a singular basis, we cannot adjudicate for all the different communities. I respect that Chief Moonias has his issues, as the other ones do, but I humbly submit that we have a very tough environment in which to raise money and drive these businesses forward. To be deflect

Natural Resources committee  That's no problem. You tell us—

Natural Resources committee  —what our obligations are. I am the president of a company that has shareholders and trades on the stock exchange, so I have an obligation to follow the rules as outlined there. For me to just give away part of the asset to the community because that's going to facilitate somethi

Natural Resources committee  I'll be very quick. We have working agreements with Kasabonika, Webequie, and Summer Beaver. We don't have any working agreements with Marten Falls because I'm not sure whether they think we fall into their territory. Maybe we do and maybe we don't. The issue is very simple: ju

Natural Resources committee  It's whoever is responsible for sitting down with the natives and saying to them, “Okay, this is how it's going to be.” If that means that there is an equity position in our companies and those are the rules.... I have other companies that operate in Madagascar. At some point, w

Natural Resources committee  There are rules.

Natural Resources committee  Are you asking me?