Environment committee  Thank you very much. I do not understand. Which concerns are you referring to?

Environment committee  Thank you. Proposed section 4 of the bill is a very broad non-application clause. It's unclear, because schedule 2 has yet to be defined, whether this would remedy any of the concerns that Inuvialuit have brought forward on the issue of the application of the act to this region.

Environment committee  Thank you. This is Kate speaking. Unfortunately, I don't have first-hand knowledge of that experience. Jen was around at that time, so I'll let her share her thoughts, as they may be relevant. I will note one thing about this bill that is positive and would be of assistance: th

Environment committee  What I remember is that at the time, because the review board was also starting its process, there was confusion and a lack of communication about how those timelines and processes were going to be implemented and whose spot was going to table which issues. Unfortunately, when th

Environment committee  Thank you. To answer the question you just posed with respect to removing the minister's discretion and whether that would resolve the issue, it would, to a certain extent. That's why we were looking at proposed section 4 as a bit of a carve-out along the lines that Mr. O'Connor

Environment committee  Thank you very much for that question. It is insightful. First, just for clarity, the Mackenzie Valley Resource Management Act does not apply to the Inuvialuit settlement region.

Environment committee  That's right. We made a note of that and wondered why or how it came to be. With respect to your question, a specific carve-out is what Inuvialuit has been advocating for. Just recall that the system in the Inuvialuit settlement region is based on co-management, so the federal

Environment committee  I would add to that, just from a perspective of mutuality, which reconciliation requires, it's essential for a decision-maker to not only ensure that stakeholders understand what's at stake, but also that the decision-maker understands the perspective and the views of those who m

Environment committee  I think that remains to be seen, to a certain extent. I'm sorry, was that question directed to me?

Environment committee  Thank you. I'll take it first. Some of it remains to be seen in the implementation of the resulting act. Certainly funnelling consultation efforts through an agency that has an obligation to perform those functions would be of assistance. The provisions obliging departments to p

Environment committee  Thank you, Jen. What we're trying to convey here today is that parallel impact assessment systems, both of which involve federal representatives, are a recipe for confusion, delay, and expense. They violate the “one project, one review” principle that has been accepted by Canada

Environment committee  In a nutshell, what I'd like to convey with the context is that the Inuvialuit Final Agreement was negotiated in response to the very thing that part 1 of Bill C-69 seeks to address. While it was negotiated some 34 years ago, it remains relevant to the same forces at work today.

Environment committee  Thank you, Madam Chair. Good morning—I think it's still morning there—to the members of the committee and our fellow organizations who are there with you today. My name is Kate Darling and, as you mentioned, I am General Counsel for the Inuvialuit Regional Corporation. I'm join