Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen, witnesses, committee members and guests.
This is the seventeenth meeting of the Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development. On the agenda, we have the study on Northern Territories Economic Development: Barriers and Solutions.
This afternoon we're welcoming three different organizations to our continuing study on barriers and solutions faced for the economic development of Canada's north. Under the category of northern regulatory bodies, we welcome Thomas Kabloona, chairman, and Dionne Filiatrault, the executive director from the Nunavut Water Board. We also have Stephanie Autut, the executive director from the Nunavut Impact Review Board. We also welcome Violet Ford, the executive council member and vice-president on international affairs for the Inuit Circumpolar Council. I see we also have Mr. Chester Reimer, who is also with the Inuit Circumpolar Council.
It's great to have you with us.
The way this works, we begin with ten minutes each for each presentation. We'll do that in the order as we have it in our agenda here today.
We're going to have a joint opening presentation both from the Water Board and the Impact Review Board. That will be ten minutes. Then we'll go to the Circumpolar Council for the second ten minutes. After that we'll go to questions from members.
We'll begin with the regulators. Who would like to lead off? Mr. Kabloona, would you like to go ahead?
We're delighted to have you here, sir. Go ahead.