Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I think you covered it. Really, there is a regime in place to protect personal information, and we want to make sure that this law is in accordance with that broader information management regime that's governed by legislation.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I think I'm just raising that concern in alignment with Ms. Ledgerwood's point that you would want to respect the fact that there are things like personal information and other exceptions in the Access to Information Act and the Privacy Act that would potentially make it not poss

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Yes.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Mr. Chair, this particular wording reflects the placing of an obligation on the minister to come to agreement on an information protocol with the council, and it gives him some time to develop such a protocol once the council is set up, thereby recognizing and respecting its inde

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I can answer. Mr. Chair, ideally the intention of this committee will be very clearly expressed in the legislation, as raised by Mrs. Atwin. If it is the intention of this committee to highlight equitable gender representation, those words could be used in a separate subparagrap

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  The suggestion would be to use “equitable gender representation”, if that reflects your intention.