Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I've had anecdotal evidence. I don't know any specific examples, but the Nunavut Chamber of Mines will be appearing this morning and its representatives would have a better idea. They represent the proponents, so they might have a better idea of any frustration that's been expres

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  It's a federal bill, and I think the impetus was the regulatory improvement initiative generally, which is also a federal initiative but something that the Government of Nunavut supports. As for the specifics of this bill, a lot of the proposals come from other federal legislatio

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I think that's something that industry has been pushing for generally, to have timelines so they can have an idea of at least what the outside limit is of how long an application will take. With respect to this bill in particular, I didn't draft the bill, but I believe the timel

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Right now, it's very difficult to get a conviction under the current process, because you have to lay a charge—the same way you would with a criminal charge—and then that has to go through to court, and then you have to get a conviction, and then you can impose a fine. Because of

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Well, certainly the amendments made to this bill, plus the amendments to the Territorial Lands Act, plus the new Nunavut Planning and Project Assessment Act, all of those together do give a level of certainty. Timelines are a part of that certainty to investors and project propon

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Yes, Mr. Chair. I have just a few additional comments. Thank you to Mr. Nirlungayuk for his comments. As he mentioned, I'm the acting assistant deputy minister for Intergovernmental Affairs. In my opening comments, I'd like to recognize the role that the federal government has