Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I'd like to thank the witnesses for coming before the committee here today.
It's kind of interesting when I look back from a law enforcement standpoint, having worked on reserves for a majority of my career and having to deal with a lot of the issues on law enforcement, as well as some enforcement on environmental factors. I just sometimes see the regulatory gaps that come forward, especially in certain circumstances, such as landfills, which are very difficult when they're close to dwellings and everything like that.
I just want to ask a couple of questions here.
My first question concerns the regulatory gap on environmental issues: would you agree it's not enough just to pass the legislation? From what I've seen in the past from the provincial standpoint, the full range of issues addresses managing the environment from the provincial side, such as the enforcement of provincial laws. I hope you can clarify that.
Secondly, you mentioned the Indian Act, and I'm interested in that. What types of changes would you propose if you could change it under the Indian Act, or what type of legislation would come forward?