Natural Resources committee As far as my band is concerned, we have never called for a moratorium on projects. All along, the elders have said that if it is sustainable, then we will support it. That's why we go through the EIA process. We approve. We make the recommendation to the chief and council to approve a project.
November 23rd, 2006Committee meeting
Pat Marcel
Natural Resources committee No. Our band membership is about 853.
November 23rd, 2006Committee meeting
Pat Marcel
Natural Resources committee In the community of Fort Chip there are approximately 250, and maybe a little better than 300 in Fort McMurray. There are some in Fort Smith, some in Edmonton, Australia--you name it, they're all over the place.
November 23rd, 2006Committee meeting
Pat Marcel
Natural Resources committee That's a tough call.
November 23rd, 2006Committee meeting
Pat Marcel
Natural Resources committee I would have to say, from the top of my head, that we do not have the capacity to compete with a major company that deals in heavy equipment. We don't have the personnel to even negotiate better deals for us. We have to do all these things ourselves because we don't have the funding or the resources.
November 23rd, 2006Committee meeting
Pat Marcel
Natural Resources committee In terms of expansion and new projects coming on stream, we are part of the environmental group that does the assessment. We are also part of the committees that monitor these CO2 emissions and so on. The thing that strikes me the most about industry in Alberta is that it's still going flat out, saying, let's approve this stuff, when they have the technology to reduce the CO2 from Syncrude and Suncor.
November 23rd, 2006Committee meeting
Pat Marcel
Natural Resources committee That's good. Thank you.
November 23rd, 2006Committee meeting
Pat Marcel
Natural Resources committee What I presented today is what you see as the plight of the elders in the community. We are part of Syncrude and Suncor and we have companies that operate on site, but it does not address the need we have at home. We're talking about houses that are 80 years old, about to be demolished.
November 23rd, 2006Committee meeting
Pat Marcel
Natural Resources committee Good afternoon, Mr. Chairman, members of the committee, ladies and gentlemen. My name is Pat Marcel. I am a former chief of the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation. I am chair of the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation elders' committee, and I am an elder. I thank you for the opportunity to speak today.
November 23rd, 2006Committee meeting
Pat Marcel