Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Bernie.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Misunderstandings. I guess that is one answer.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Yes, just with regard to some of the questions about funding or a proponent paying for things or resources. That's one of the arguments that we have had in issues with Baffinland. Nunavut does not have baseline data required for a lot of the work that's going on. I'd like to use the example of where Fisheries and Oceans used 1985 beluga data from the Northwest Territories because we don't have beluga data in Nunavut.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  For QIA we have no process. Mary River is our first mine, and we're learning as we're going along. One of the things that we are negotiating under our IBA is to have community committees monitor the project and the impacts that will likely happen. Cumulative impacts....

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  It will help with the land use plan and resource development out there; that is to do some legwork before they come up, I guess. And it does provide more certainty.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I always say build on what works in the communities. Just because the government changes doesn't mean all the programs or all the processes have to change. Build on what has worked in the past and build on community capacity, too.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Inuit have to participate in the approval process, so yes.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  My presentation includes the fact that we are suggesting amendments so that it's more aligned with the new land claims agreement, as required. Do you want to add anything, Bernie?

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Getting views from interested parties and interveners, we believe as Inuit, is very important because it helps to bring out questions or issues that we may not have thought of. Inuit are always open to different people asking questions on anything, especially things that have an impact on the socio-economic community.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Yes. Through NTI we participated in the development of the bill. Now we're proposing improvements to it.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Up front, yes.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I think so. If not, they stipulate conditions to any project. That's a short answer.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Especially if you take into consideration the amendments that have been proposed, I guess.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  We've been involved in the review process for about five years. Two years ago, QIA decided that we needed to get community input into the project if we were going to get community support. QIA as a board could not just decide for the communities that were supporting the project.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Bernie.