Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  If it were internal to the Yukon, I don't believe so, because of devolution.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  At the current point, I don't think there are any projects in front of us that will require additional resources to carry out this mandate. This is work that we have been doing, and as I said in my presentation, it's a matter of streamlining the processes so that we can focus on

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I can go first, if you want. Gaétan Caron sits on the major projects management office deputy ministers committee. From our perspective, that has been instrumental in getting the various government departments and agencies to talk to each other, be coordinated, and understand w

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I didn't want to speak about how busy CEAA was in the north. I can tell you with respect to oil and gas activity in the north, the National Energy Board has been quite busy with the NEB hearing process for the Mackenzie gas project. Of course there has also been a joint review pa

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  We have been responding to the legal duty to consult as the law has been generated, and have been striving to be proactive in going forward. Hence, we have what we call an enhanced aboriginal engagement program, which I briefly mentioned in my presentation. Under it we will go ou

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Good afternoon. Good afternoon. Mr. Gaétan Caron, the Chairman of the National Energy Board, extends his apologies to the committee. He was unable to be here today as he is attending to duties associated with the evaluation of the Mackenzie Gas project a