Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Welcome to the panel.
In your report, John, you talked about environmental and health consequences and then you have a statement here on page four, the fourth paragraph down: “Environment Canada and Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada are working together to address these issues.”
Who is taking the lead on this, and what happens when we have issues like in northern Saskatchewan, with billions of dollars of mining and caribou trails clashing with one another and with employment for hundreds of first nations people? How do we resolve those issues?
Right now it seems that issue is locked into never-never land.