Natural Resources committee  If I may, I'd like to add one thing especially for our Canadian colleagues in terms of the State of Alaska and federal relations. Most of the land in Alaska is owned by the federal government. There are some western states that have very high federal government ownership of land,

Natural Resources committee  Sure. Quantifying is not easy. Some might pretend it is. If we were to separate it out, it's people focused. It's community focused. If you're looking at the impact of a pipeline coming through, the first thing in our traditional EIA process is to look at it and say, okay, let's

Natural Resources committee  Well, there's the Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund, which started well under then premier Lougheed, of course, and then was basically pillaged after. In Saskatchewan, the Blakeney government started one, but it was really a run-through account. Currently there is one in the N

Natural Resources committee  Well, Norway does, and Alaska's not that bad, actually.

Natural Resources committee  It is the Alaska Permanent Fund.

Natural Resources committee  Absolutely. I'll go back to one thing. One of the biggest indicators of entrepreneurship is business start-ups. First nations peoples' business start-ups are 500% greater than the mainstream ones. TD Waterhouse did a study not too long ago in terms of economic development in fi

Natural Resources committee  Exactly, yes.

Natural Resources committee  No, no.

Natural Resources committee  A hundred per cent.

Natural Resources committee  A hundred per cent, and I'll give you an anecdote. When I started negotiating with SaskPower with my negotiation hat on, I and my colleague at the time—Tom Molloy, who abandoned me when he picked up another day job, as Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan—sat down with them, and w

Natural Resources committee  Sure.

Natural Resources committee  Here's one of the things historically around EIA processes. Often when there is any opportunity at consultation, even though traditionally EIA tends to focus on the physical/environmental perspective, on the community perspective they typically see this broadly. This is one of th

Natural Resources committee  Well, I'm sure the committee is aware.... I don't know if you guys have ever heard of Bill C-69?

Natural Resources committee  You know what—

Natural Resources committee  Well, it's a work-in-progress, okay? I'll call it—