Environment committee  Yes, I can say a couple of things about that. First of all, though, you mentioned it's a scientific question. It is a scientific question, but it's a question you want to put to aboriginal peoples. And I expect my colleague will say you want to put it to organizations and indiv

Environment committee  No. Move on.

Environment committee  The NWMB is actually an administrative tribunal. It's a regulatory agency, like the National Energy Board or the CRTC, or all those administrative boards that we're all familiar with. So it is not an aboriginal organization, but it's established under a land claims agreement and

Environment committee  Merci, Monsieur Bigras. First of all, the protocol I think you're referring to is a memorandum of understanding. It was signed a couple of years ago. Actually, both government and the NWMB would say that it has been very successful. It actually flows into your other question abo

Environment committee  First of all, the discussions for the development of the memorandum of understanding were between the NWMB, the Department of Fisheries and Oceans, and Environment Canada. Included in our discussions was the Government of Nunavut and the main Inuit party to our land claims agreem

Environment committee  Good afternoon, committee members. It is a pleasure to appear before you today. I'm representing the Nunavut Wildlife Management Board, which I will refer to as the NWMB, or the board, in my comments today. It's an institution of public government, established by the terms of