Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Mr. Chair, to Mr. Strahl's question, I don't have the silver bullet in terms of the one method. But I would follow up on Mr. Hildebrand's comments that there are methodologies that exist within our own local government framework that we could use to build off from. The other com

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Mr. Chair, if I may, my comment regarding timelines was with respect to the timelines for local governments to respond. As I said, the 2001 policy had a three-month review period for local governments; the current draft version does not. It has been indicated by AANDC staff tha

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. I will comment on this policy with respect to what we would see as clarity. One of the things we're seeking is local government engagement in the process. I'll give you an example of one of the areas of concern for us. Currently, a change from the 2001 to t

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  It's important to reflect on what Mayor Daykin said: early and ongoing consultation. One of the methodologies we used in B.C. in the past was a memorandum of understanding on local government participation in the new relationship with first nations. We had an agreement with UBCM,

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Thank you. I have no further comments, Mr. Chair.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  MP Bennett, if I understand your second point, you were asking at what level the consultation needs to occur. The bill sets out the powers to do a lot by regulation. As you heard from your previous delegation this morning, on a technical level there are many ways to achieve sat

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I'm not sure I'm clear on your question.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  What we at UBCM are saying here today is that we understand there is going to be a regulatory framework and that there's no debate on that, because there seems to be a merit in and a need for doing that. So there are no debates about that. We just think that the framework could b

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Yes, I would echo those comments. Generally the same situation would exist across the province, where you would see that there's a wide variation. But there are service agreements in place, and local governments and first nations do have a variety of relationships, not all identi

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I think generally if the first nation reserve is experiencing that problem, the local government will have similar challenges. It certainly does speak to the need to look for local solutions and to work closely together.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Thank you, Mayor Daykin. Good morning, Chair, vice-chairs, and committee members. I appreciate having the opportunity to appear before you this morning. My name is Gary MacIsaac. I'm the executive director of the Union of B.C. Municipalities, or UBCM. Metro Vancouver is an act

Transport committee  Mr. Chair, the UBCM executive raised this issue with the minister responsible for local government about six months ago at an executive meeting.

Transport committee  I don't believe there was a formal request. The issue was raised verbally at an executive meeting.

Transport committee  Mr. Chair, first of all, in terms of asking questions with respect to cost impacts, we did not include that as part of the survey. We prepared the survey in response to an invitation to appear as a witness, which was with respect to the March 31, 2011, deadline. That was not one