Natural Resources committee  If there are developments on reserve land, then Indian Oil and Gas Canada is involved. So this is the number of first nations that have developments on their lands.

Natural Resources committee  Mostly royalties, bonuses, rents, but anything with respect to development of those particular resources. Just to give you an idea, in the 2010–11 fiscal year, IOGC collected almost $257 million in oil and gas moneys, and over the last five fiscal years it has collected more th

Natural Resources committee  They go into trust accounts managed under the Indian moneys section of the department, but they accrue to the first nations.

Natural Resources committee  Yes, it's a special operating agency that reports to the minister. It’s headquartered in Calgary but reports to the Minister of Aboriginal Affairs.

Natural Resources committee  Not so much, because if they're federal reserve lands, clearly the provincial laws don't apply unless they're of general application. But if they're specific to reserve lands, they wouldn't apply. Obviously, the Department of Fisheries...if that would apply, that would apply as w

Natural Resources committee  Yes, IOGC, Indian Oil and Gas Canada, is a special operating agency. It's responsible for managing and regulating oil and gas resources on first nations reserve lands across Canada. It's headquartered in Calgary, but obviously it reports through me to the deputy minister and the

Natural Resources committee  I can't add anything, over and above what Janet has added, to my response. The agency that is responsible, in this case CEAA, for making the determination has the obligation to look into the duty to consult and to enforce that. All we can do is provide resources and advice, and t

Natural Resources committee  Thanks very much. The responsibility for oil and gas on first nations lands lies with Indian Oil and Gas Canada. As some of the folks in the room might know, we have been engaged in bringing up to date the Indian Oil and Gas Act. It was brought through about a year or so ago,

Natural Resources committee  The act was brought though by the House, but it was not proclaimed. It will be proclaimed when the regulations are completed. We are working with the Indian Resource Council to develop the issues. This means heavy engagement by the first nations in terms of the issues that are i

Natural Resources committee  The challenge is that on federal reserve lands the provincial requirements don't apply. This will incorporate, by reference, provincial regulations where appropriate. One of the problems in attracting investors is a reserve system that is vastly different from that which exists i

Natural Resources committee  I don't know specifically with respect to that particular mine. I can get an answer for you. Consultation accommodation is handled in another part of the department, but I'm happy to get an answer for you.

Natural Resources committee  The responsibility for consultation accommodation for governments lies with respect to those who are doing particular regulatory activity. If we're not doing that regulatory activity, our role is limited to advising on them. As I said, we're not the enforcers. There are a number

Natural Resources committee  Our role is to advise only, and the determination of the facts of a case as to whether something was being violated or missing or whatever is not our role at all.

Natural Resources committee  I think he is representing his constituency very well, and that is the perspective, so he's entitled to take that position. As a federal government, obviously, whether it's environmental assessment or permitting or so on, we look at balancing of a number of different responsibil

Natural Resources committee  Actually, my response is going to be that the project lies under the responsibility of CEAA, which is responsible for the environmental assessment in terms of the determination. So we're not even, in this particular one, a responsible authority, which we would be, for example, if