Good point.
Evidence of meeting #38 for Indigenous and Northern Affairs in the 39th Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was cree.
A recording is available from Parliament.
Evidence of meeting #38 for Indigenous and Northern Affairs in the 39th Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was cree.
A recording is available from Parliament.
12:05 p.m.
A voice
Good point.
12:05 p.m.
Director General, Implementation Branch, Claims and Indian Government Sector, Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development
May I respond to that?
What I would say is that the land claim agreement is not the whole story in any given geographic area. It's an important component, and it's trying to accomplish certain things, but there's a world outside of a land claim agreement that affects that particular geographic location.
Taking your point about wouldn't it be nice to have perfect agreements that cover everything so well, so you don't ever have to go back at it, I would raise the example of federal-provincial relations here in Canada. We're pretty clear about what the rules are and who has jurisdiction over what, but the democratic process in Canada leads to challenges that will continue to exist among governments.
I don't think there's a document that will do it for us and say we will never have any further discord, because we've captured everything in the document. It's part of the dynamic. What we have to do is just get better at the relationship part, because I think that's the key. Getting it all right is getting the relationships right.
12:10 p.m.
Conservative
12:10 p.m.
Liberal
Anita Neville Liberal Winnipeg South Centre, MB
—to expand, but maybe we'll come back to it another time.
I agree with you that relationship is the key to the success. That was the success at Kelowna, if I can say it, but that's another time and another discussion.
Thank you.
12:10 p.m.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Colin Mayes
Thank you very much to the witnesses for your presence. We do appreciate that.
We're going to break for a couple of minutes, and then we'll reconvene.
[Proceedings continue in camera]