Natural Resources committee  I think you resolve the issue by including a third level of government, and that is indigenous communities. If you are referring to the energy sector, probably one of the most successful areas where a trilateral approach was taken was in 1975 with the James Bay Cree. When they cr

Natural Resources committee  I think it ends up being legislated. If two people controlled by government can't get along, then you legislate it.

Natural Resources committee  I'll use an example from health. I've participated in three provincial transformation initiatives, one of which included the Saskatchewan surgical initiative that decreased wait times by 40%. We came together in a conference with 200 participants, started off with 250 items that

Natural Resources committee  Thank you for the question. I do agree that some sort of panel needs to be convened. Whether it's expert, that really depends on how representative they are by community. The community has to validate the experts who are on the committee. The experts have to make a proactive eff

Natural Resources committee  As mentioned previously by the other presenter, it depends on how processes are going to be operationalized. I agree with her that a balance needs to be had with national interests versus local interests, and that balance is important. The most legally grounded opposition to Kind

Natural Resources committee  To add to that answer, and talking about the narrative, just around Fort McMurray, I don't know if you guys have been reading lots about the news, but I talked to colleagues who were there and were seeing the oil companies open up their doors, shut down their projects, and just l

Natural Resources committee  To add to that, the enhancement of the regulatory processes is positive, but once again, you're getting into a single issue, which is the environment. When you have an indigenous community member or indigenous first nations leadership looking at the issue of say a pipeline comin

Natural Resources committee  Thank you for the opportunity to present to you today. I'll let go some of the comments that the previous presenter shared. In particular, I will unpack some of the issues around indigenous reconciliation, and I hope that my comments will help inform the committee. My name is Al