Ms. Janice Traynor (Environmental Policy Analyst, Environmental Policies and Studies, Northern Affairs, Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development) at the Indigenous and Northern Affairs Committee

Yes, there was discussion of that issue at the working group table. The members of the working group, NTI, GN, and NIRB and NPC, discussed whether participant funding should be included in the bill. In the end, it came down to providing a regulation-making authority for participant funding, and that's what you see in the bill today.