Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  In regard to your question on groundwater, we have a course on natural resources management. It covers forestry, agriculture, air, water, and minerals. It's national. We address all the different provinces and the differences in legislation and how it's applied. It's very genera

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Oh, okay.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I'm from the Squamish Nation, and when CN Rail derailed, it went into our Cheakamus River. As well, there was an oil spill off of our Stawamus reserve, but it seeped onto our reserve. My environmental officer connected up with both the provincial and federal governments, CN, and

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  We give examples. We give a lot of examples.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  When we speak to the law-making authorities of the first nations that have an enacted land code, we note that they have the authority to make their own law, whether to replace one or to fill a gap. First nations have lands managers who basically have to produce or provide the cap

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Thank you, Elizabeth. The NALMA training program bases its courses on the Indian Act, and it is administration of lands, whereas our courses' mandate comes from the framework agreement and is about governance—governance authorities, lands management, enforcement, and the whole t

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  We have three units. One is called environmental governance, and that gets into identifying what authority you have under the land code with regard to environmental management, assessment, and protection. It also speaks to federal legislation and the authority of federal legislat

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Thank you. I was actually part of the pilot program at the University of Saskatchewan. At that stage, we were in the developmental phase under the land code. The University of Saskatchewan's material was based specifically on Saskatchewan. I love Saskatchewan, and I actually

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Thank you, Elizabeth. The certification program currently has six courses written. These six courses cover governance and management, and required experts in these areas to write the courses. All courses are framework agreement and land code relevant, and address first nations g

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Chap men wa ha7lh siyam en siyay. Greetings, dear friends. My name is Ruth Nahanee. I'm from the Squamish Nation. My mother is from the Cowichan First Nation in British Columbia. My Squamish ancestral name is Seamia. I worked for the Squamish Nation for 21 years in the areas of