Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Certainly. I'll try to do it quickly in the interest of time, as there are many means by which we do it.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  For a screening level assessment, it's done within 45 days, so obviously the opportunities are more limited. Everything is sent out via e-mail notices. People are aware that they can access all the information through our website. They're invited to give their comments in any way

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Just to clarify, the amendment to the land claim was in 2008. It removed the application of the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act to the Nunavut settlement area. It completely removed it. When that act did apply previously there was at least the option of accessing the partic

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I think we're in general agreement that.... As explained in our statements, we view the Nunavut system as already working very well. It already is comparatively streamlined as compared with most any other Canadian jurisdiction, certainly the northern jurisdiction. We do view this

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I think we spoke earlier about the ability of the board currently to have that discretion over its process and how that has really led to a process where Nunavummiut have expressly stated their support for it. It's a made in Nunavut process which they feel really does reflect the

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I think it's important to consider our experience in implementing the current directions under the land claims agreement. You'll notice in our submission that we've been very careful to highlight the fact that although we understand the spirit of the Nunavut Tunngavik submission,

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I see nodding with that, so....

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I think they were laid out fairly clearly, specifically in the section dealing with amendments to projects and judging the significance of those amendments. For every one of the projects that come through NIRB for screening, a decision on whether or not the project should go ah

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  It depends on where you draw the line with the decision. The ultimate decision rests with the Government of Canada or the Government of Nunavut ministers.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Certainly I can take a stab at it. As I explained before, in Nunavut we have two levels of assessment: screening and review. The majority of projects that have been coming to us are driven by the resource development sector, mineral resource development. Given the current list

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Yes.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Focusing on the screening level of assessment, the things that we look at I think to a large degree are laid out in the bill under what areas we have to look at for significant changes. We look at the—

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Yes. Thank you. I'm glad you picked up on that. It is important to recognize that the set of instructions the board has been working with since 1996 has been very sparse but has given enough detail and direction such that we have been able to carry out the board's mandated func

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Again, I think that's a great question. For us, being in Nunavut and having our funding levels set, the board's initial funding levels were set before the board was established. That was in 1992 through the original implementation contract, through the land claims agreement. At

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Now you know what keeps us awake at night, I think. Realistically, our funding is provided by the Government of Canada through implementation of the land claims agreement. That's not about to change with this bill. The Government of Canada, along with Nunavut Tunngavik and th