Natural Resources committee  Thank you, merci, mahsi cho. It's an honour to be here today to address this committee. My name is Glen Sibbeston. I'm the chief pilot at Trinity Helicopters in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories. Trinity Helicopters is an aboriginal-owned business, and I, myself, am a Métis f

Natural Resources committee  I had a technical problem and the slides didn't make it into the presentation. They didn't arrive in time to be translated. I think you will get the deck afterwards.

Natural Resources committee  Thank you. Nevertheless, if you've managed to get your goods to one of these seaports, the cost of transport just outside of these communities remains in excess of $5,000 per tonne because staging logistics in air transport are difficult, uncertain, and expensive. Exacerbating t

Natural Resources committee  To answer briefly, I would say there are both, too much regulation and...how did you put that again?

Natural Resources committee  The process is definitely difficult. It's not straightforward, and it's hard to understand. It differs from case to case.

Natural Resources committee  A lot are. There are some who aren't. The Dehcho tried to negotiate a land claim whereby they would co-manage the lands with the federal government. It was a circle of people and consensus was required. I think that's a pre-industrial idea that isn't going to work.

Natural Resources committee  Yes, Trinity Helicopters received a business of the year award for 2011.

Natural Resources committee  Thank you very much.

Natural Resources committee  I don't have any studies. You have to understand that some slides were not included in this presentation, and I believe you'll receive them in a couple of days. That's based on experience in helping clients achieve their transportation goals over about the last 12 years. We're

Natural Resources committee  It's not a formal study.

Natural Resources committee  I expect that in the past partnerships pushed the roads out past the last boundary between an industrial concern and government—sometimes more than one level of government. That's how it normally happens. I'm not suggesting that the federal government should build a road to now

Natural Resources committee  In some cases it's with a percentage. There are a lot of different mechanisms that could work—tax considerations....

Natural Resources committee  I really think that attitude existed. It certainly wasn't policy, but that was the undercurrent. There was an adversarial atmosphere between the two sides. I think it really stemmed from the lack of understanding of some fundamental cultural differences between....

Natural Resources committee  The offer made to the Dehcho First Nation proposed chunks of land in the Dehcho region that were smaller per capita than neighbouring areas had been awarded. They had schemes, like surrounding the communities with large chunks of land. They had a couple of alternatives, but they

Natural Resources committee  I used to work for Discovery Air, the company championing that project. I also was in the military with some of the people involved in that. Having said that, I don't know the intricate details of how it works. But if they're able to build a working, reliable, practical aircraft