Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  To be clear, sir, we're not proposing kiboshing Bill C-17. Our concern is partially informed by the four-month delay we've experienced already and that there has been no progress to date. Our concern is that, if Bill C-17 becomes law tomorrow, and these very valuable, demonstrabl

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I'm going to have to respectfully disagree with you on that one, sir.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  One of the changes contained in Bill S-6 that was taken into consideration was cumulative impacts, so that is one of the amendments that is staying in the bill, even after Bill C-17 passes. Therefore, cumulative effects are being considered under our legislation now. I just wan

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Absolutely. Thank you for the question. As many of you may know, Yukon has approximately half of the total modern-day self-governing and final agreements for first nations in the entire country. We have 11 of our 14 first nations, and I think, at the last count, there was 24 or

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Yes. As I mentioned earlier, in my mind there was a misrepresentation when the argument was put forward that the reassessment provision was no longer necessary because the assessment board had come up with an internal process, which they refer to as temporal scoping. While that

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Given the fact that we're, whatever it is, four months later than we thought we'd be, I would say that time was about four months ago, so I'd like to see it start right away. I think that Canada is in the position to initiate those discussions. Quite frankly, I think that there's

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I imagine there are a number of approaches—legislative, regulatory, or policy—but we would like to see that progress made before the bill is passed so we know what we're getting into before the roof is ripped off the house.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I think it is a concrete belief, from our perspective.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  This is based on our experience before and after Bill S-6's amendments.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  There are three areas that I felt were not accurately represented during debate in the spring session. There were claims made that the request to maintain the exemption from reassessment provision was not necessary because YESAB has since come up with a temporal scoping policy. T

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I can't really comment much from the Yukon Producers Group perspective, but for the Klondike Placer Miners' Association, the vast majority of our operators work in the traditional territory of one first nation in particular, so we're working on an engagement strategy and memorand

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Madam Chair, members of the committee, mesdames et messieurs, my name is Jonas Smith, and as is common in a small jurisdiction where many of us wear numerous hats, I am involved in several mining-related organizations, including Prosperity Yukon and the Klondike Placer Miners' As