Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I would refer you to paragraph 5(1)(q). That's where it deems “a First Nation or any person or body, for the purposes of this Act to be the owner...”. I don't think it gives any authority to first nations anywhere else, except for that one sentence. In clause 11, first nations are not specifically mentioned as being given protection for liability purposes.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  It's a mistake to think that the provinces have all the answers. I'll give a case in point. In the early 1990s, if you were a first nation operator, the only way you could get trained was to go to provincial training. It didn't work. When I was at the Assembly of First Nations, we pioneered a first nation training program in Ontario and, I think, in Manitoba.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Thank you. Good morning. I'm specifically going to address the regulations proposed in Bill S-8. My name is Jim Ransom. I serve as the director of Tehotiiennawakon and oversee the environment, economic development, and emergency measures for the Mohawk Council of Akwesasne. I'm going to address in particular clauses 4, 5, and 6 in Bill S-8.