Environment committee  In that context, you're on the breakwater. I went to law school at UVic, so I know a bit about that territory. I had the privilege and honour of being in that space. In 20 years, an indigenous language coder and allies will go to the breakwater and talk in dialogue with orcas an

Environment committee  Section 5 of the federal UN declaration implementation legislation has a positive obligation on Canada to implement and align its laws and policies and regulations with the UN declaration, so that alone is a positive obligation that requires, in my view, proactive engagement. Th

Environment committee  No pressure.

Environment committee  With the consent of the committee, I'll put in written submissions on one aspect of that.

Environment committee  My core proposition is that the iterative process of legal evolution in policy-making in this country, financially, politically, socially and legally, is not capable of adapting to the challenges. While I'm receptive to and cognizant of the massive amount of advocacy led by the f

Environment committee  I have another point just on the broadband issue. I was thinking about Iqaluit and the response to the housing crisis up there. I think the mayor recently said, “We can build the houses, but we don't have the source water protection.” What I would suggest is if you look at the

Environment committee  Salutations. My name is Caleb Behn, I'm Eh-Cho Dene and Dunne Za. I appear in my capacity as an individual. I acknowledge my presence on unceded and occupied Algonquin territory. It's such an honour and privilege to be here. To you, Mr. Chair, in particular, I'd like to honou