Thank you, Chief Gray.
If I understand correctly, you are saying that not having criteria that are known or constant could limit the types of work done and endanger people in the future.
My next question is for all the witnesses.
Something that comes up in all your testimony is that each community has experience and expertise relating to best practices. Chief Alphonse talked about forest fires, for instance. Chief Gray, for his part, talked about flooding along the shores of Chaleur Bay, which is his. Of course, all the communities have expertise.
Is there somewhere that expertise can be pooled?
Chief Alphonse said that, in addition to dealing with forest fires, his community is now having to deal with flooding, as well as other challenges. I am wondering if it would be helpful for all the first nations to pool their best practices.
So would it be helpful to have a structure where the first nations which have knowledge of the territory could share their various practices, in light of what Chief Alphonse said?