Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you very much.

Foreign Affairs committee  Yes. It's really just reinforcing the point that David just made. Whatever code is established it needs to be brought into context with all the other countries involved. It is definitely needed, both a code and possibly an environmental protocol in terms of activities that are c

Foreign Affairs committee  I wouldn't be able to comment on what we could draw from Iceland. In a sense, I would turn it around and say maybe Greenland could draw some best practices from Canada.

Foreign Affairs committee  Environmental measures, the whole issue of extractive industries and how there is this opportunity to have public hearings and consultation processes. From what I understand, Greenland is now trying to set up frameworks to enable the people to engage more in future discussions on

Foreign Affairs committee  Could I just add in a couple of points here?

Foreign Affairs committee  Talking about countries like China and India and their interest in being observers at the Arctic Council—again, in terms of their future activities in the Arctic, particularly in relation to the environmental impacts of their activities up in the north, to have a framework such a

Foreign Affairs committee  I think definitely that is something that should not be completely set aside. In terms of the future of Greenland—I don't know whether the elections that were held recently have come onto your radar—the new party that is now seeking power is looking at independence from Denmark.

Foreign Affairs committee  Do you mean, in terms of indigenous peoples having access?

Foreign Affairs committee  Well, it's a general statement about the need to protect indigenous peoples' rights in relation to resource development that will take place in the north and about how some of the benefits of it can be translated to the betterment of the indigenous peoples' economic and sustainab

Foreign Affairs committee  Yes, Canada is certainly making gains, and I think Canada also perhaps stands as an example to many other countries. There's still, of course, much work to be done. It is a slow and a gradual process. It will take time, but yes, Canada is making progress gradually.

Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. Thank you for the invitation to the Canadian Circumpolar Institute at the University of Alberta to participate in this meeting. I am associate director at the institute. Very briefly, the Canadian Circumpolar Institute has a history of more than 5