Finance committee  Going back to one of your earlier comments, it is quite significant that we're close to a deal with the Government of Northwest Territories post-devolution. It really is significant. I recognize that the committee primarily deals with financial matters, but I will say that in the

Finance committee  You're quite correct in that there is no reason to specify in this legislation that traditional activities undertaken by indigenous people within the region will continue as a right. That is provided for under section 35 of the Constitution Act, so there was no reason to provide

Finance committee  The park is located solely in the Northwest Territories.

Finance committee  This park proposal has a 50-year history. It goes back to 1969 when the proposal was put to the chief of the community of Lutsel K'e, then called Snowdrift, but he was told at the time that he could not continue indigenous activities within the park. They couldn't hunt, couldn't

Finance committee  Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The purpose of clauses 328 to 331, plus clause 333, is to amend the Canada National Parks Act to establish the Thaidene Nëné national park reserve of Canada. The goal is to legally protect a 14,000 square kilometre area of the boreal forest and the tradi

Fisheries committee  We're well acquainted with those issues coming up, but first and foremost, as an arm of the federal government, we have an obligation to follow what may be in land claim agreements or understanding what's in historic treaties. We don't come to our proposals and go “fishing allowe

Fisheries committee  We could provide the committee our systems plan map that divides Canada into 29 marine regions. That's the direction Parliament gave us through the act: to focus on representative areas within those regions. We'll give you a map and a copy of the systems plan. That'll help you.

Fisheries committee  Yes, sir.

Fisheries committee  I would add that it may not be specifically in the area of enforcement, but an emerging part of our program is working again with indigenous communities in terms of a guardian-like approach that we have on Gwaii Haanas. They would be there to enforce traditional laws and to work

Fisheries committee  We used to call them “national marine parks”. The first one is adjacent to the Bruce Peninsula. We moved to the term “national marine conservation area” because we didn't want people to think that all we were doing was dragging a national park offshore, given that commercial fish

Fisheries committee  Well, we'll take a look at it.

Fisheries committee  It depends on who you talk to. Going back to the late 1970s or early 1980s, Lancaster Sound has inspired people to conserve it, with green papers, white papers, and all kinds of proposals. We got going on a national marine conservation area proposal really aggressively probably

Fisheries committee  We never have a short answer when people ask us how long it takes.

Fisheries committee  Again, I think our experience is relatively new, but it's very clear that in Gwaii Haanas, the traditional knowledge of the Haida, and, in Lancaster Sound, the traditional knowledge of the Inuit—in particular, the five Inuit communities that use this area—are very important. Pa

Fisheries committee  I'm sorry. I guess my answer was too long.