Natural Resources committee  The coalition doesn't take an approach to whether it should be sector by sector. We do know that there are some sectors that emit quite a bit, but we are very focused on ensuring that indigenous people are not harmed in the shift that will happen to those industries as they move towards a carbon-restrained future.

Natural Resources committee  Anything that we're approaching for an energy net zero future is going to require adaptive learning for all sectors to figure out what is the opportunity that comes from this. You're starting to see that in Alberta in places where carbon pipelines are starting to be proposed. You're starting to see alternative energy solutions and sequestration technologies.

Natural Resources committee  We have not done research about that, and it's not something that we have explored extensively.

Natural Resources committee  The access to capital is the number one issue for indigenous people wanting to participate in infrastructure on energy, clean energy and other transportation infrastructure in this country, just because of the way the Indian Act has set up indigenous people in this country. We are subservient to a federal act that was not made for a modern energy transition.

Natural Resources committee  Yes, and I'll be speaking as Chief Gale had to leave. The AIOC, Alberta Indigenous Opportunities Corporation, is an organization that makes capital available to indigenous organizations at an effective cost, to become owners and to become more integrated into the energy economics in Alberta.

Natural Resources committee  Yes, I think it's a fabulous idea, and as an organization we promote that as a national initiative. It would do wonders for getting capital to indigenous people to invest in Canadian infrastructure.

Natural Resources committee  Yes, wholeheartedly.

Natural Resources committee  We will need consultation and consent to be granted. Consent is required under UNDRIP legislation, so first nations will have to give that consent. Chief Gale is right. Those resources for net-zero futures are on our territories and on our reserves.

Natural Resources committee  The purest form of consent is an equity ownership in a project. It makes the first nations a proponent of the project. That is the purest form of consent. As for recommendations, you have to make capital available to first nations at a reasonable cost, because that's the biggest barrier for first nations that want to be part of major projects.

Natural Resources committee  Thank you for the question and thank you, Chief Gale. I'm going to speak generally about pipelines and indigenous participation, especially on equity. The reference you made is to the 12 first nations looking at the Coastal GasLink. There's another proposal in British Columbia.