Environment committee  When it comes to giving testimony and evidence, we would agree you have correctly identified a difficult problem that has to be solved and is wrong. The system is incorrect in the way it works. I think it starts with a respectful relationship with the indigenous people, but the s

Environment committee  Yes, and I think you start with Lancaster Sound, because the agreement is almost there.

Environment committee  Sorry to flog it, but you then create the precedent of mutual respect and work out some of the details. That's my view. I'm really speaking personally here, not on behalf off the WWF. I'll let Mr. Crowley give the official response, if it's any different from mine.

Environment committee  We have a study on shipping in the Arctic that we can submit. It's about fuel, predominantly, and if there is anything else we'll submit it to the committee, if that's appropriate. We've certainly been looking at this issue.

Environment committee  I'd concur with what both of my colleagues have said. There are two things. Moving rapidly on Lancaster Sound is really important because it shows what's possible and it demonstrates respect for Inuit involvement in establishing a marine protected area. Since the Shell leases ar

Environment committee  Yes.

Environment committee  Yes.

Environment committee  Mr. Crowley certainly hit the highlights. Those are good jobs that may require some training. In parallel, we worked with the town of Arviet to help them create a protection system against polar bears, which are more often in the town now because of climate change, and that has c

Environment committee  It would be our view that the changes to the Fisheries Act have been exceptionally problematic. They were a very important protection, environmentally. We haven't advocated the position I'm about to say, but I think if the government had just put them back and then gone out and c

Environment committee  I think both organizations have done some work on that and could submit our analyses of where we think it's important. I don't want to speak for Oceans North Canada, but I think the answer is yes. We could submit something.

Environment committee  The best we'd be able to do is order of magnitude, I would think.

Environment committee  I will add to Oceans North's answer from the World Wildlife Fund's perspective. All of our recommendations about marine protected areas are based on science, which may be to do with a species—it's a particular place for that species—or to do with all of the biodiversity represe

Environment committee  Oh, sorry. I might have a different answer too.

Environment committee  In marine protected areas with high standards, the position of the World Wildlife Fund is that there should not be drilling for oil and gas. We think that's self-evident from the science and the biology, particularly when there is a significant feeding area for fish and whales, f

Environment committee  Thank you very much for the question, Mr. Stetski. I was just in Iqaluit. We hosted a clean energy summit there 10 days ago for the federal government, the private sector, a number of communities, the Nunavut government, and scientists. It was very successful. As it happens, Mr