Environment committee  Yes, that's a fresh new constructive attitude if you're talking about human rights. There are a whole number of agreements out there that are now talking about that. The Paris agreement last year dealt with climate change, which Canada committed to. The premiers met last March

Environment committee  Yes. The agreement I keep referring to, it took them 22 years to negotiate it. It's up to us now to implement it. If we did, we would take care of a lot of the problems that are out there.

Environment committee  Chemical substances?

Environment committee  I can speak best for up north. I'm from Yellowknife. I live in Yellowknife. It's on Great Slave Lake. It's been factually documented that there are toxic chemicals coming from the tar sands south of us, which include arsenic and other contaminants. They're coming from the tailing

Environment committee  You have to make it a priority. Again, you look at the water basins in North America. Some of the water is coming from the United States and some of it is coming from Canada, so it's transboundary. You have to have an agreement with the United States, into Alaska, and you have

Environment committee  Generally, we don't feel that we're being represented. Maybe one of the specifics you might want to look at would be to make specific reference to the agreements that we have. For example, I mentioned the Tlicho agreement. Right now, in most of the legislation, you use a generi

Environment committee  No. I'm saying, rather than having a motherhood statement that says we're not going to affect your rights, you're going to say that you are going to implement these agreements. Yes.

Environment committee  You have to get to the point.

Environment committee  I'm not sure if I understand the question about the risk.

Environment committee  That's what I was getting at. I think if you're able to look at this question and say we're in quite a dilemma because people are getting affected. Climate change is occurring. It's real. We're all affected. We're all in this together. There are jurisdictions out there that need

Environment committee  We're having to rely on someone else. That's the dilemma we're in. Again, we can say, yes, do the studies, but then it's up to you at this level to see that as a priority. In terms of risk, we're all at risk. For example, if you look at the watersheds, just look at North Americ

Environment committee  If you look at the watersheds, for example, you can figure out where the contaminants are coming from because, for example—no one take offence to this—but we all know over the years on the Prairies—

Environment committee  That's good. We need to follow the rules.

Environment committee  Yes. On the Prairies, over the years there were retardants and different chemicals used, and our people are telling us they are still seeping into the water, the aquifers underneath. Those go out into the water system and we're affected, so there's responsibility that has to take

Environment committee  That is a very good question. I was alluding to that earlier. For example, if you look at our original agreements, we have historic treaties, pre-confederation treaties, and modern land claim agreements. In our area up north, we have the Tlicho agreement, for example, that's bee