Absolutely. I think sometimes the federal government has a tendency to put up more barriers and to see indigenous peoples as people to be protected, rather than removing barriers so that they can interact with industry more directly. Bill C-69, and even Bill C-15, I think, are examples of that.
As for ways you can improve it, groups like the First Nations Major Project Coalition do an excellent job. If there's a bottleneck, it's because indigenous nations need to do their own due diligence. They want to get their own environmental monitoring. Supporting them to get through those due diligence processes will reap so many benefits, I think, in shortening timelines and approvals.
