Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. [Witness speaks in his native language] In my language I wanted to begin by acknowledging our relationship with the Algonquin people on whose ancestral lands we meet today. Thank you for the privilege to speak to you about Bill C-30. I am an elected membe

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Yes, you're absolutely right. They won last night, 6-2, so we're rooting for them tomorrow.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Thank you. On your specific question about the cap, whether or not the tribunal can make decisions and then take this matter to cabinet, I hadn't actually thought about that. I think it's an interesting scenario. As it stands, we all know that if you're seeking compensation at

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  The one amendment would be the removal of the cap.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Thank you. I have a couple of points on the appointment process. I would hope that the tribunal doesn't become a mini-superior court. It shouldn't be as adversarial as.... It has an option; there's a process. I think the crown and first nations as well need to ensure that the pr

Natural Resources committee  Honourable members of the committee, ladies and gentlemen, thank you for inviting me to submit a presentation to your committee. Two documents have been submitted to the clerk of the committee and those, I believe, have been circulated. They are the speaking notes I will be refer

Natural Resources committee  Yes. As we move forward, one of the significant issues that needs to be considered is the development of a framework in this country, at least in the province of British Columbia, that will allow for the proper resolution and reconciliation of the land question as part of the la

Natural Resources committee  LNG generally is less contentious. It is contentious because of how it's produced and how it's brought to the market, and the comments I raised earlier are true to that. There are first nations communities that are seriously looking at how to participate in that industry and ho

Natural Resources committee  On the production side, in the territories where the resource is located, it's the method of production that is being used, and the volume of water and the impact on the groundwater which communities rely on.

Natural Resources committee  Thank you, Mr. Julian. The perception in our communities is that the standards have been lowered for environmental protection, the safeguards for inland fisheries, and the resources that our peoples continue to rely on. As I said, our peoples—for the most part unemployed, with

Natural Resources committee  That's a reality. First nations are saying, “We have these rights. They're recognized and protected in the Constitution. If no one's protecting them, we will”. As you saw in Idle No More, people are standing up. As you see in court case after court case, the courts largely decide

Natural Resources committee  I want to tell you up front that the Kinder Morgan expansion together with the proposal by Enbridge do not have support from first nations, or I should say a significant portion of first nations communities, as well as non-first nations communities, and a lot of the public in Bri

Natural Resources committee  Yes.

Natural Resources committee  It's not particularly projects, but the manner in which projects proceed and are reviewed. We've constantly said that we need to ensure that our communities are involved in environmental assessments. We need to know what the environmental standards are. We need to know how these

Natural Resources committee  On one of the proposed LNG pipelines through the north there's been some effort by the tribes along the proposed pipeline route to address that. As you know, government has taken the approach of providing training funds to project-related initiatives, and there's no training fund