Natural Resources committee  I would say that a necessary step would be adherence to the timelines. Far too often timelines are extended for a variety of reasons and processes, such as Mr. Bubar said. The scoping sessions and the information request sessions all get prolonged and prolonged for one reason or

Natural Resources committee  I'll simply add that there is the aspect of duplication that we have seen on a number of occasions. On the diamond mines that have gone in ahead of us, the bar has continuously gone up because those large companies were able to put a significant amount of resources into environ

Natural Resources committee  We only have the singular experience in Saskatchewan, so I don't think we can have an answer to that.

Natural Resources committee  I'll quickly point out that it's the implementation that is lacking. The roles and the responsibilities of the boards in the Tlicho government and the decision-making process are clearly laid out in the Tlicho land claims agreement. It's simply that they don't understand their ow

Natural Resources committee  It's five. They've just extended it to 2013.

Natural Resources committee  Just faster. We submitted our initial applications to the Wek'eezhii Land and Water Board in November 2007, and we submitted our applications in Saskatchewan in August of 2010. Both projects are essentially at the same stage now. We've submitted environmental assessments and we'

Natural Resources committee  Thank you. The question was, why is the permitting scenario different in Saskatchewan? The steps, essentially, are the same in any permitting program in Canada. The difference is that they adhere much more closely to the timelines and they're far more efficient in getting thing