Thank you for that question, Wayne. As president of Nunavut Tunngavik Inc....Inuit, we are the largest private landholders in the world for Nunavut, and we are quite capable of setting aside protected areas and determining which ones we want protected. Right now we hold, I believe, 25% of the natural gas for Canada. We are quite capable of being involved with the committee because our area has no trees so the rush and the time management of this committee for me, politely, is not acceptable.
I flew two days to get here because it was so crucial and important. On our land mass we have permafrost, climate change. We want to be involved in decision-making and in actually advising Canada where Nunavut could have protected areas and conservation areas because we do have polar bears and we have narwhals, which you do not have. The comparison between first nations.... We pay taxes. That is not acceptable. Our territory is very different. In our situation we have icebergs, melting ice, we are experiencing it.
I'm giving it to Bruce. I'm really shortening that.
Thank you, Madam Chair.