Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  If I may, Mr. Chair, I will turn this over to my colleague, Mr. Barrett.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Thank you very much for the question. First of all, yes, the mandate related to what I and my colleagues do, which is in the Auditor General Act, touches both on environmental protection and, as you said, on sustainable development, which is how you get economic, social, and en

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Thank you very much for the question. We said in the report of 2010 that one of the requirements of what was then INAC, in cooperation and support with Environment Canada, was to provide particularly the co-management boards and the entire Northwest Territories with an ongoing c

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Mr. Chair, thank you very much for this opportunity to discuss our office's work related to aboriginal land use and sustainable development. Related to this topic, in December 2011 my colleagues briefed this committee on chapter 6 of the Auditor General's fall 2009 report, “Land

Environment committee  In the audit, we went and interviewed.... And yes, it's actually a two-way exchange.

Environment committee  Correct.

Environment committee  No, we only looked at the CEPA regulations.

Environment committee  I've looked at Environment Canada's enforcement of the Fisheries Act component. There are six regulations. We reported to Parliament in 2009.

Environment committee  Different report, correct.

Environment committee  Two things that we did say about capacity—which, again, would be a reason why we came to this overall observation—is that with 16 out of 45 regulations, there is a lack of necessary training for the inspectors to do their jobs, and that 5 of the 45--

Environment committee  The inspectors lack the training.

Environment committee  The regulation will say that in order for it be enforced, this training is required. It's a necessary precondition for enforcing that regulation. So 16 of the 45 regulations lack adequately trained inspectors, and 5 of the 45 regulations lack laboratory capacity to test the sampl

Environment committee  I think that would be a question for parliamentarians to ask. What we said, and we were very clear, is that the honourable members have said that the budget has increased and that it represents a commitment to strengthen that branch. What we have said is that the commitment was f

Environment committee  Exactly. As my colleague said, that would be how it's supposed to work. If the submission of a report is required, then the officer should say, “Wait a second, you haven't submitted your report, and you have to.” We said, well, there are 26 where there are mandatory requirement

Environment committee  We spoke to many, many people at Environment Canada with regard to their—