Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Thank you.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Complicated, challenging, and unresolved: that's all I can say. I think we've tried almost everything. It's very, very difficult—for us; we're the ones with the problem.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  No, it's about economic measures mostly, economic opportunities.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Can I ask that I leave my written presentation, so that it will get the full—

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  In our case, the 25 years of negotiations started with all parties included. There was a breakdown of that major comprehensive claim and it went to a regional claim mode, but many of the guiding principles, provisions, and AIP decisions were there already, so they took that and w

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Yes. Unfortunately, my friend Bertha and I have an issue between our two claims. There's an overlap there that was created in a very complicated way, I suppose. We don't only have that issue, we have overlap issues with multiple parties, the Na-cho Nyäk Dun, the Dehcho Treaty 8,

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Yes, there's a time period. I think it's after 10 years.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Can I add something?

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  As you know, history is the judge of this process. Implementation is a challenge for every government. It doesn't matter who they are. They could be NDP, Liberal, or Conservative. It doesn't matter. It's a challenge for every government because it deals with resources, and you're

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  If we have one minute, then I'm going to do this. We need you guys to take land claims seriously. A claim is good, but the implementation and the resources to do so are even more important. We need you guys to be sincere and honest about procurement policies. We don't want peop

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  As you probably know, we have five self-governing arrangements unfolding at various stages in my community. The five communities are all at different stages. One is complete. What's significant about this is that the land claims agreement trumps the self-government provisions, a

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Mahsi cho. [Witness speaks in North Slavey] Thank you for coming to our territory. You're on the territory of Treaty No. 8 and the Métis people of this area. Welcome. I'm from up north. I'm from the Sahtu region. I want to say a special hello to my MP, Mike McLeod. I've know

Environment committee  I think there are some very special rare earth metals or precious gems in that area. We also have a mining agreement with Selwyn. That's another one. I have to say that in the end, we all made that decision together. It's not a decision that was made just by government. It was

Environment committee  Go ahead, Rocky.

Environment committee  That's very encouraging because the minister is the one who has the hands on the lever and I'm encouraged by that.