Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you to members of the coalition and their guests here today. As has been said earlier, we have embarked on what I believe, and I think what my colleagues generally believe, is an important process to understand economic development with respect to a number of, if you will, legal instruments that are available, modifications of opportunities that break away in the context of first nations, specifically the land, or the Indian Act.
Our focus indeed is on creating better economic development strategies and understanding in all the different parts we are seeing here at this committee and how we can all understand that we're jointly responsible, of course, for creating an environment that balances environmental protection with economic development. I think that's one of the themes we are hearing here today.
I just want to talk about this whole idea of what my line of questioning has gone around, the tools that exist in agreements. I hear you loud and clear. You've referred to funding issues, and that's on the record here, and certainly we'll need to understand that more, but from my perspective, there are certain regimes in these agreements that I'd like you to focus on in a technical way, if you could, for our further enlightenment.
This may be a question for you, David, more directly, in the context of Nunavut. Specifically, how are tools in the agreements, things like co-management regimes and land use plans, and others I'm sure you will tell us about, assisting members of the committee, but particularly in Nunavut, to participate in sustainable economic development in your region in particular? Grand Chief Massie made some representations as well around land use planning, and I'd like to give her a very brief opportunity to expand on that.
David.