Natural Resources committee  I would just comment that this is a great indication of why we need redundancy in broadband capability in the north.

Natural Resources committee  We certainly do. In the Northwest Territories, as you may be aware, we're striving for devolution, and certainly we're trying to negotiate a better deal. You're always trying to negotiate a better deal. We're hopeful that once devolution comes, we'll have more control over our t

Natural Resources committee  Absolutely. We would certainly like to take control over our own destiny in devolution.

Natural Resources committee  I'll agree. We have the same challenges in the north, especially with the cost of power in the Northwest Territories. We're not in the position of having a territory-wide grid so that we can take advantage of hydro projects like the Taltson. Any ability to lower the cost of livin

Natural Resources committee  In the Northwest Territories, it has been fantastic. Through the impact and benefit agreements established through the creation of the three diamond mines just northeast of Yellowknife, there is a commitment to aboriginal hiring. When you hire aboriginals, you have to train them.

Natural Resources committee  I'm sorry. I don't have any costing in front of me on the Mackenzie Valley highway, and I couldn't even hazard a guess. Again, as I mentioned earlier, all the project development reviews up and down the Mackenzie Valley for the highway to be constructed are in place. That was fi

Natural Resources committee  We have an exciting piece of infrastructure that has huge potential in the Inuvik region in the Beaufort Delta area and that's a satellite recovery station. We need a fibre optic link to run down the Mackenzie Valley to connect us to the south. There is a huge economic opportunit

Natural Resources committee  Certainly in the Northwest Territories we have just opened up our territory to competition—much of which is going to happen in the Yukon as well. So as we see more business players come into the communities to offer alternative services, such as broadband telephone service, telep

Natural Resources committee  We see a—

Natural Resources committee  I'm sorry, I can't comment on that. I'm not privy to any of that consultation information.

Natural Resources committee  Again, I don't know if I can comment on that other than to say that the land claims are protected under the Constitution, and I think that's primary.

Natural Resources committee  I would agree with you. But I believe that the flaw in the Joint Review Panel's consultation was that there was no timeline to it—

Natural Resources committee  Again, there was no timeline to the Joint Review Panel's consultation process and then the decision to the National Energy Board. When there were no timelines in place, the JRP was given free reign to take as much time as it....

Natural Resources committee  I'm not an expert on Aurora College and what their training programs are, sorry.

Natural Resources committee  I'm not suggesting that at all. In the environmental processes that take place with the Mackenzie Valley environmental review boards in the Northwest Territories, we are not seeing very many issues at that level.