Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I would have to concur; it's a very serious situation. Sometimes there's a quorum issue because there are so many vacancies. That's probably the only thing I would add.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Thank you, Chairman. Nunavut Tunngavik Inc. has been involved throughout negotiations towards devolution that would enhance transfer of ownership to the Nunavut government from INAC. So that would definitely be one component of building strength into the ability of the Inuit to

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  In the case of NGMP, as I mentioned earlier, it's at a very early stage. They're still going through the research stage of what the priorities should be and where they start. So the NGMP—Nunavut general monitoring plan—still hasn't made a big difference at this stage. It's still

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Yes, I'm getting to that point. Because of the funding where they had a shortfall—by far, all of them were short by $1 million, plus more, because it's a capacity-driven issue.... Nunavut is one of the interesting areas for industry, so the paperwork mounts up very easily. As ev

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Lack of red tape is probably one of the areas they want to see, but that red tape could mean that certainty is a big issue. In the absence of proper funding in these areas, that is a red tape issue on its own. Then, of course, there are wildlife perspectives in the case of the hu

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  There are different interpretations of red tape. Uncertainty is red tape on its own. Clear rules aren't there because legislation is not completely done in certain areas—that's red tape. Even ownership is red tape too, whether it be industry, Inuit-owned businesses, or what not,

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I think that's definitely a great step towards certainty, because it will help define what the rules are in the area of land use planning and assessment.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  The land claim agreement implementation process defines rules in relationship with industry, and within our own land management rules and procedures we've created and the royalty regime we've helped deliver, that, on its own, has facilitated the process we saw in the press releas

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Thank you. In the case of Nunavut, as I mentioned briefly, when Berger was around he asked us to agree on funding between INAC and Inuit and the Government of Nunavut. He wanted to stay away from the focal point of his sales pitch that Nunavut is in crisis, so in a matter of two

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Thank you, Mr. Chairman. From the point of view of NTI, one of the biggest outstanding is the implementation contract, which is much like a funding contract. It is still outstanding. I think many areas of the contract would have.... We were able to fix things; I think there have

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  It's a very good question. As I mentioned, certainty is a big issue, whether from the government side or in land claims agreements. Because of the lack of certainty, procedures that outline what is supposed to be there are also lacking or are not clear, all due to a lack of inv

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  What I'm referring to are resource boards, environment, land. These amounts of money are less than what was requested. After Berger came and made a recommendation, they got bumped up a little bit, but it was still below what each institution of public government wanted. Thus they

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Thank you, Kevin. As Kevin mentioned, there have been great strides and struggles that we've encountered through the last number of years, and I think he's done a good job of introducing who we are. There have definitely been great strides in making our ag