Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  For our region, we usually make our submissions to the minister from the Council of Yukon First Nations leadership. Once its recommendations to the minister leave us, they do their background if they're following through, and we don't think it should take that long. We have one

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  For the Yukon region, our land use planning is part and parcel of our agreements for land use planning to accommodate economic development. It has to be implemented properly. For first nations in the Yukon, we want to participate in economic development, but we want to do it in a

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  It's to the Council of Yukon First Nations. That's our central organization. It's just—

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Yes.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  We are allowed 15% of the existing budget to cover the administrative costs. I would say that 90% of the time our costs are greater than the 15%, but we're only allowed the 15%.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Yes.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  No. They come to CYFN and participate around the table, very much like this today. They cover the costs for the operation of our staff, four people, and then their project base. It just covers the costs of those first nations participating, but it doesn't cover all of their cos

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  As we try to participate in the land use planning process and whatever, we do have a component for building capacity within the self-governing first nations. Their fiscal transfer dollars go directly to them. Nine self-governing first nations are members of the central organizati

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  For our region, we have three first nations that do not have signed agreements. They are watching our lack of progress in the implementation of our land claims and our self-government agreements, and it's not very encouraging for them to go forward. They are trying to look over w

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  For the Yukon region, the Government of Canada has not shared that document with us. We've heard about it. Our organization has not received a copy of it. We know about it. For us, it is the implementation of our agreements that we follow. Our expectation is that the federal go

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Yes. In the UFA, we have the boards and committees. Some of them are public advisory boards. The seats on the boards and committees are equal. They work together, technically. They come forward with recommendations, usually through a consensus-building exercise. Their recommendat

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  For the Council of Yukon First Nations, in our implementation I do believe that it comes down to the inadequate funding. In our region, we get a five-year review of the renewal of our financial transfer agreement, in which we did declare all of the inadequate areas. That review

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Good morning, committee members. I'm Ruth Massie, grand chief of the Council for Yukon First Nations. For our region, one of the most important issues is the implementation of our land claims agreements. It is not adequate right now. We do not have adequate funding. The most im