Transport committee  To me, meaningful consultation would have been [Technical difficulty--Editor] in the community. We are a very busy community. I wasn't a part of any of the face-to-face consultations. I do believe that my elected chief, Chief Arnold Clifton—who sends his regrets that he wasn't ab

Transport committee  I'd just like to reiterate what Grand Chief Phillip stated. I think we are moving in the right direction. Take this very moment, this very day: I'm able to connect with a parliamentary committee through the Internet, which I've never done before. I've never been a part of that. T

Transport committee  Thank you.

Transport committee  If you take a look at what just happened to our neighbours in the south in the Heiltsuk Nation, I don't think I can add anything more to that. Is the tanker moratorium going to provide loopholes for vessels such as that to equip themselves with even bigger barges? I think 10 or

Transport committee  That's also a huge concern. I know the rigours of the pilotage authority in British Columbia. The Gitga'at people are very well versed in the territory that we live in. We need to go down that road of making sure that when travelling through the different territories of the B.C.

Transport committee  In my mind, no. When I'm going to travel to Prince Rupert and my only beacon to check on is directly right outside of Port Edward, which is right in conjunction to Prince Rupert, we're talking 80 miles away. And believe you me, the weather patterns that I have in Hartley Bay comp

Transport committee  I think that would definitely be a start. When you talk about having meaningful consultation and having our voices heard, I always try to put things into layman's terms, and my way to get across my point is to use examples. If I could use this as an example, very quickly, there

Transport committee  It has been horrific, Nathan. Our voices are not being heard. We still have burps and bubbles coming out of both of the ships that are sunken within our territory. I still have families within my community who have still not gone to harvest in the immediate area, and that is a l

Transport committee  I can't help but go back to the northern gateway hearings and really what a detrimental effect those had on our community. It's no secret that many communities like mine just don't have the monetary means in order to go out and have meetings on our own. Even still, there are so

Transport committee  I would say that the consultation was definitely better than the consultation we would have faced with northern gateway and Enbridge, but I have some lingering questions about how that consultation looks in the future. What are our next steps going to be? We want to have meaning

Transport committee  I would say that as far as the Gitga'at Nation goes, we followed our own due diligence in respect to—if I could throw the F-word out there—fracking. Before we delved into negotiating with anybody about LNG and what that would mean, we went to, talked with, and invited the people

Transport committee  Thank you. Gitga'at First Nation congratulates Canada for introducing Bill C-48, the oil tanker moratorium act, and thanks the committee for the opportunity to provide testimony regarding the bill. Before I continue, I was made aware that everybody had our submission. Is that

Transport committee  Once passed, the oil tanker moratorium act would be an important step towards Canadian law being consistent with Gitga'at customs, laws, norms, beliefs, and values, adawx and ayawwx with respect to the responsible use of our territories, our waterways, and our resources, on which