Natural Resources committee  My time is up. Thank you very much.

Natural Resources committee  I have a couple of quick questions before I get into the forestry industry, which is obviously important to my riding. This is just a quick question. Eight years ago the Conservatives sold AECL, or a chunk of it, for $15 million. I'm wondering how we did on our investment. We so

Natural Resources committee  I think my point is made. I want to build on Mr. Cannings' question earlier. As you know, forestry is a very important industry in my large rural riding not far from here. I want to thank you first of all for the helpful announcement to Uniboard two weeks ago, which will be an

Natural Resources committee  We can adjourn debate on the motion now.

Natural Resources committee  Thank you. I think my time for consultation is already up.

Natural Resources committee  Your sense is that the process for a free, prior and informed consent would not allow the entry into dialogue to become a risky business.

Natural Resources committee  Understood. Thank you. Professor O'Faircheallaigh, you talked about environmental impact assessments and left a loud hint that you'd like to talk about it a bit further. I'd like to give you the opportunity to do that, if you'd like.

Natural Resources committee  On the topic of environmental impact assessments—

Natural Resources committee  —you said you didn't have enough time to say everything you wanted to say on that, so here is some time to say what you wanted to say.

Natural Resources committee  Thank you. First off, Professor O'Faircheallaigh, I checked and I wanted to thank you for getting up at five o'clock in the morning to talk to us. That's very much appreciated by all of us. I'll come back to you in a second. Ms. Retter, in your comments you talked about enteri

Natural Resources committee  I'm thinking of business opportunities. You had mentioned the verified indigenous business database in Australia. How long has this been going? Are there a lot of businesses that are not registered? Is that very comprehensive? Is there a way of knowing?

Natural Resources committee  Professor Hemming.

Natural Resources committee  Thank you. You talked about what the Hindmarsh Island case. What was actually involved and what happened in that case?

Natural Resources committee  Thank you. We know a lot about the impacts of climate change now. We've seen what you refer to as the millennium drought in Australia. We've been hearing about massive heat waves across Australia in the last few months. Does that have impacts on the relationships with the indige

Natural Resources committee  Thank you. I'm going to go to Ms. Leach for a few minutes. You talked about the Australian aboriginal procurement policy, which I thought was really interesting. Does it survive international obligations, and is it a “buy indigenous first” policy? Does it cause any problems with