Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The amendment would seek to have a delegation be compliant with the Yukon Northern Affairs Program Devolution Transfer Agreement, but that agreement doesn't address any issues with respect to the delegation of authority between the federal minister and t

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  The structure of the board was intended to maintain a balance between government members and members that are appointed directly or on the nomination of a first nation. Currently, five of the members are appointed on a nomination of or directly by government. Five of the members

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I understand what you're saying, but what I'm saying is that if that were to occur, there would be eight members appointed on the nomination of or directly by first nations, and only two plus the chair appointed on the nomination of or directly by government.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Can you repeat the question, Mr. Bevington?

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  It's our view that this particular amendment wouldn't hamper the operation of the bill in a technical sense. This particular provision was to gain some uniformity with the way provincial legislatures as well as the legislature of Yukon and the legislature of Nunavut are treated w

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I haven't looked at in a little while, but there are provisions for the disallowance by the Governor General in respect of provincial legislation.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Pardon me?

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Not a lieutenant governor, no. It's the Governor General in respect of—

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  He can refuse to give assent to the legislation.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  There's also a provision in the Constitution analogous to that. That's not the disallowance provision, but the ability for the Governor General to withhold assent to provincial legislation. There are two provisions. One is a disallowance provision and one is the ability to withh

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  The obligation, if you will, on the chairperson to appoint a person from the specific region when the application is in respect of that region is if it's reasonable to do so. It would have to be unreasonable to do so for him not to follow that directive in the legislation. It's a

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Mr. Chair, the member is referring to a consequential amendment that is a result of a change in the Northwest Territories Act. What used to be the definition of territories has been changed to a definition of Northwest Territories, so the only change that this bill encompasses is

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I'd just like to add it's our view that the land claim does set out a process for this particular initiative. The land claims, each of them that were referenced, say “where legislation establishes a larger board”, so the process for establishing that larger board is legislation.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  That is without a doubt our position.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  As my colleague, Mr. Walsh, indicated, there are four acts we were consulting on. We don't consult on bills. Bills are House business. How a bill goes through the House and how a bill gets put together are political decisions. We consulted on four pieces of legislation that conta