Environment committee  Just one quick note. The duty to consult is clear, from the Supreme Court and within the case of the James Bay agreement. It behooves federal agencies to provide that funding, if it is applicable at that particular time and to that particular case.

Environment committee  I would have to say, yes, most definitely. What is in the convention itself represents the culmination of years and years of discussion and negotiation. Back in 1975, there was an element of conflict during those negotiations. But I would definitely have to say that what is inclu

Environment committee  Exactly. Just quickly, we have to be quite clear about what we're looking at with environmental assessments. Environmental assessments are project specific and site specific. I think we can all probably agree that cumulative effects that stem from those particular projects might

Environment committee  Thank you very much for the question. Just to quickly put it into context, no federal legislation other than the.... Let me just be sure of my title. Since 1978, no federal legislation was actually put in place to give effect to the James Bay agreement, and it was just in a gen

Environment committee  I completely agree with what Mr. David said; that's probably the crux of the answer. What I would like to add is perhaps pursuant to what Mr. David had mentioned, with regard to the different levels within the CEA Act of what is consultation. Consultation is a loaded word in th

Environment committee  Quickly, first I just want to state—and I don't think anybody here would disagree—that we need to respect the decisions of the Supreme Court, so we're not going to put into question what was in the Moses affair. Conversely, at least, the committee itself is of the opinion that