Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I think I'd defer most of it to the Nunavut Water Board, as it's more applicable to them. We could just say that we've supported the Nunavut Water Board's concerns about capacity and the need to ensure that there's adequate resourcing for the boards to do their jobs, as well as t

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Thank you for the question. Ours is very straightforward. At the Nunavut Impact Review Board we had two main concerns. We feel that one of the concerns in our submission was addressed, and that's the ability for us to continue to coordinate with the Nunavut Water Board with res

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  We'll start with it again for the Nunavut Impact Review Board. Recognizing that our concerns with the bill are very focused, our primary concern was the ability to be able to continue to coordinate and make use of the progress that we've made through the years. That's been addre

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  It's a significant shift, more in who the board is reporting to and who is then left to respond back to the board and implement the board's decisions. It would shift more to a territory focus than the federal government....

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  It's important to recognize that by putting notice on the proponent to report on these changes and any significant modifications, it doesn't change the process for reconsidering. What it does do is it gives another means, with the new enforcement powers that will be under the act

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I think it's a fair question. For projects that have gone through an environmental review and then, as you suggest, are subject to such changing things as the expected production or the placement of major project components, right now, as the land claim stands, because the boar

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I think Elizabeth is right. With the enforcement provisions, it certainly brings a new level of teeth or accountability and adherence to our terms and conditions. With regard to devolution and recognizing that the act itself is somewhat removed from that type of process, I think

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Thank you. Yes, Elizabeth is correct. Perhaps as a concrete example, in the past there has been a clear ban on uranium mining in Nunavut. More recently that ban was overturned. In the same communities where there was almost total opposition based on, I think, more recent experie

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Since that time, since CEAA was removed from the territory, it has been on an ad hoc basis. Each time the board has recommended that a project be subject to a full review, the board has indicated whether or not it believes participant funding should be made available. In some cas

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Unfortunately what we've seen is that more recently there seems to be a misunderstanding. There are two types of public reviews in Nunavut. One is done by the board, and for more transboundary projects there is a federal panel review, which allows different representation by affe

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I think clarifying things in the legislation helps clarify expectations. In some cases doing that can make it easier for the board to ensure that it's meeting those expectations very clearly. The main other increase in efficiency is in having a clearer understanding of when certa

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  That's certainly correct. The main message I think we would try to get across is that without an established participant funding program, the board has to ensure that the affected groups have the ability to fully participate. As a result, we may need to extend timelines for comme

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I think that's a fair statement.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I think we could say that our funding has increased since that time, but there's been no formal review process for it, no transparent process. It's not a very well kept secret that our board as well as the other boards are currently chronically underfunded and have substantial di

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I think any time there is a clear process in place, and all parties understand what the rules are and they're playing from the same rule book, then it's clear that the ultimate goal there is to ensure that the projects that do go through go through the right way.