Mr. Todd Keesey (Policy Analyst, Resource Policy and Programs Directorate, Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development) at the Indigenous and Northern Affairs Committee

We looked at the other surface rights boards. Other jurisdictions are different with respect to the mineral rights issuance processes. As a result of that, the different surface rights boards are different throughout Canada. But where there's a similar mineral tenure system, the surface rights boards' provisions are very similar in that the board cannot deny access.