Evidence of meeting #1 for Subcommittee of the Standing Committee on Finance on Bill C-38 in the 41st Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was environmental.
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10:40 a.m.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Blaine Calkins
Okay. Keep it to your last 40 seconds, then, and we'll be fine.
10:40 a.m.
Liberal
Kirsty Duncan Liberal Etobicoke North, ON
Thank you very much.
I'd just like to know what is the government's rationale for extending support for consultations with aboriginal peoples for a period of only two years, because this is a major ongoing concern.
10:40 a.m.
Senior Assistant Deputy Minister, Treaties and Aboriginal Government, Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada and Canadian Polar Commission
We'll see what will be the decision two years from now, but I was quite pleased that there was a decision for the next two years.
You're a marathoner, I'm a cyclist, so I'm going to go to the finish on this. The evidence is that we're going with a single-window approach, which means we identify the leads in the federal government, avoid duplication, try to avoid as much as possible duplication with provinces, and try to actually make sure that the consultation is meaningful, with funding, as you mentioned, but also making sure that we actually focus on the real issues.
10:40 a.m.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Blaine Calkins
Thank you very much.
This is going to bring this to a conclusion. I'd like to thank you all for coming here. Unfortunately, the amount of time that we had for you was usurped by the ministers staying on an additional 10 minutes for the benefit of the committee. I assume that if you're invited back to discuss this further, we could expect you to come back to the committee.
Thank you very much for your time this morning.
Colleagues, we're going to suspend for a few minutes. As is typical of the practice, as has been laid out by the finance committee, the natural resources committee typically does its business in camera. So we're going to suspend for a few minutes here, and then we're going to come back in camera.
10:40 a.m.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Blaine Calkins
No, it's done. We've got no time, Peter.
[Proceedings continue in camera]
