Natural Resources committee  We have experience in collecting. We're in the process of developing additional policy guidance, in collaboration with indigenous communities, on collection of indigenous traditional knowledge and protection of that information. I'm not sure if we have anything specific in terms

Natural Resources committee  You're right. I believe it's there as well.

Natural Resources committee  In developing the proposed legislative framework, we took into consideration jurisprudence, court decisions, lessons learned, best practices, as well as everything that we heard from indigenous communities as part of the extensive engagement and consultations. The proposed framew

Natural Resources committee  From my perspective, the proposed legislative framework embeds many of the principles of UNDRIP within the framework. Many of those principles are already in place. We talked about best practices earlier, and they have been adopted in the evolution and fulfilment of our constitu

Natural Resources committee  We're not implicated in that specific project.

Natural Resources committee  Thank you. The proposed framework, Bill C-69, integrates the government's commitments to reconciliation. As part of the specifics of what will change, the proposed legislation would require earlier and more regular engagement and partnership with indigenous communities and a dee

Natural Resources committee  My understanding of the framework and how we apply it always links back to looking at the specific rights of individual communities and the potential impacts of a decision we're making in regard to those communities. It's always a rights-based approach we take in looking at poten

Natural Resources committee  As Mr. Labonté noted earlier, none of the officials on this panel had responsibility for either of those two policy developments. You would need to specifically speak to those responsible to get a picture and understanding of the consultations that may have taken place as part of

Natural Resources committee  I think, as Chris noted in his comments earlier on, the Crown's duty to consult is triggered any time it's taking a decision that could impact on an aboriginal community's rights and interests.

Natural Resources committee  Again, it would link back specifically to potential impacts on rights and interests of that indigenous community.

Natural Resources committee  Good afternoon. My name is Terence Hubbard and I am the Vice-President of Operations at the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency. I appreciate the opportunity to speak with you today about the agency's experience in consulting with indigenous groups. In my presentation, I