It's formally being formed right now. The history is that there are 11 councils under development or in place across Canada, and there needs to be a government-to-non-government coordination nationally for information for an advisory side. The process that's been under way over the last year is to formalize what formerly was a working group into a national council that would include federal, provincial, aboriginals, the councils from across Canada, industry, academia as a networking source—so no power, no authority, but for the purpose of sharing and linking information.
On December 1st, 2011. See this statement in context.