Madam Chair, the department has opened up a dialogue with national associations to outline clearly the changes in the legislation from the 2014 amendments, so that there's a clearer appreciation, I believe, with indigenous people across the country of what those changes were and what they could signify for their particular concerns and traditional rights. We have understood that information will be disseminated more broadly within indigenous communities, and we would look to have a dialogue at a more granular level on what those changes mean in specific circumstances. The conversations we have had to date with indigenous people have indicted a concern with the schedule, and a concern broadly with waterways in their geographical region. But we have asked them to come back with specific concerns so we can understand the nature and specific concern and what would be potential avenues to address them. We can make that information available.
On October 4th, 2016. See this statement in context.