Thank you.
The Minister of Environment and Climate Change Canada has put forth an idea that we need a joint federal-provincial-indigenous group to look at how we actually solve this.
My opinion at the outset is that the more direct we make this communication and the more direct we make the responsibility for communication and the more “on the ground” we make the responsibility for the communication, then the more accountable that body is going to be. I think we water it down by putting a whole bunch of different bodies in here. However, making sure those communities are informed is a must at all points in time.
Let me ask this to our representatives here from Environment and Climate Change Canada. Do you think you have the ability, given your current resources, to actually fulfill more consultations with various groups because your budget's up 24% in the past two years? Money is money, but health is health, and we're going to have to make sure we allocate something to this. Does this lead to a direct solution, in your opinion, or is this just more consultation, as opposed to direct communication?