Environment committee  It's not that this bill specifically will eliminate the rights of indigenous groups, but overall the federal laws have tended in that direction. We are concerned that this law does not move in the opposite direction, as it could.

Environment committee  Yes, that's our concern. By not seeking consent, it continues to allow the federal government to have power over the indigenous groups.

Environment committee  As I said, we have a slightly different situation in that we do not have a co-managed EA process. Substitution is an option for us, but it's not as clear because we don't have a process where the different governments are represented collectively. Resources are always a challen

Environment committee  I can speak very quickly to the non-derogation clause. I didn't realize you guys hadn't seen our submission, so you haven't seen the amendments we propose in there yet. The non-derogation clause that's in the current bill is very minimal, and we've proposed language that is a bi

Environment committee  The Nunatsiavut Government is in a slightly different position from the other two—or three—Inuit regions, in that we do not have a harmonized environmental assessment process in our land claim agreement. Our environmental assessment chapter lays out different regimes, depending o

Environment committee  Yes. We've been very clear and consistent in our messaging, all of the Inuit regions, on that throughout.

Environment committee  I think there are a couple of problems around the projects with Bill C-69. One of the problems is that we don't know what projects we're talking about. There is a project list, but we don't know what it covers. There are not clear stopgaps to let us know what we're even going to

Environment committee  Thank you, Madam Chair. Thank you very much for inviting us here today to discuss Bill C-69. I would like to start by recognizing that we are on the traditional territory of the Algonquin Haudenosaunee and Anishinabek peoples. My name is Andrea Hoyt. I'm the environmental asse

Transport committee  Yes, I think that the one organization that does environmental assessment and does environmental assessment well should do environmental assessment for linear projects as well as non-linear projects.

Transport committee  We have, happily, not had to address the issue of pipelines in Nunatsiavut at this point. I think that the National Energy Board has a lot of expertise within the organization. However, in a modern, improved environmental assessment process in Canada, I believe there should be

Transport committee  I'll start. As my colleague mentioned, the various environmental protection pieces fit together: CEAA, the environmental assessment process, and the various permit approval processes. Before 2012, a federal permit was a trigger for environmental assessment. Some projects are asse

Transport committee  I do not know of any examples in Nunatsiavut.

Transport committee  Merci beaucoup for that open offer. I don't have a clear answer for you on exactly how I think the consultations should happen. I think that in the future, once there is a new act...I assume you're talking about the consultations on the changes, right? I think that we need to

Transport committee  The communication we've had from the Minister of Transport said that the minister asked this committee to review the act, and the minister will be consulting with aboriginal groups after this process is complete and before any changes are made. The minister has not told us that t

Transport committee  I think notice is helpful, but there are so many notices that come through. Capacity is a real problem within our organizations. In Labrador, a study was done on traditional use and occupancy before the Labrador Inuit lands claims agreement process started, and the book is called