Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Sure.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  YESAB's role isn't really to have a political opinion on this legislation. We're here to speak to—

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  We're here to speak to the way the implementation of these changes may affect YESAA—as far as we can see. Many of them are so broad and not defined that it's hard for us to even speak to some of those potentials.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I don't know. I can't honestly answer. Perhaps, I don't know.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  That was one very specific issue with regard to the temporal scope of a certain type of project. My understanding is that in the suggested changes in Bill S-6, the scope of the change is not that narrow. So yes, that's one example that would probably fit in with that change. As

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I'm again uncomfortable with being asked for my opinion on these sorts of things. We would like to spend our time doing environmental and socio-economic assessments on projects that will yield value from the assessment. If there are projects in which it is not providing value, th

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  My understanding is that, if a project has already been accepted, it would continue under the process it's currently in.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I'm not clear what you're asking me, actually.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  It depends. Our assessment covers off the activities and effects of the project as submitted and assessed. Then regulators provide authorizations, licences, and permits based on the scope of that project and that assessment. If the project changed and there were different activit

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I think it's more complicated than that. There are thousands and thousands of pages of technical information required for complicated projects. Also, sometimes issues come up that Yukoners feel very strongly about. Some significant public concern, perhaps, is raised. There can be

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I don't think we as a board have that option. The act tells us that we must do a comprehensive environmental and socio-economic assessment, and then it may tell us what the timelines are. We will need to find a way to make that work. As I indicated before, this may mean that som

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I don't know what you mean by Yukon-made. We will need to find ways to make whatever we are dealt with—

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  We may have to look at the process, particularly for larger, more complex projects.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  That's a designated office....

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  It will require us to look at our rules again because these timelines are different from what is in our rules. These processes are different from what is in our rules. Part of that will be how we conduct these designated office assessments, if that's what we're speaking to—the on