Thank you, Mr. Chair. I can't support this bill for various reasons, but I will just highlight, looking at the bill here, the introduction to the bill. "Bill 39, Environmental Rights Act, recognizes the right to protect the integrity, biological diversity, and productivity of the ecosystems in the Northwest Territories and to provide residents with the tools and processes needed to ensure these rights are protected by the GNWT."
As my previous colleague mentioned, adding layers would, at the end, make it cumbersome. I am very fond of seeing practical exercises or practical examples which really give you confidence the paperwork and the legislation that we see in this building being practised and implemented.
I am on the mailing list for the Deline Got'ine Government, and I just recently, earlier today, got a compliment brief report through a video of the Deline Got'ine Government that initiated the Deline 2019 Kids' Eagle Workshop held out on the land for a week. There was private. There were corporate sponsorships, including ENR contributing to that initiative.
It is working over there. I am seeing it on paper here. That is what I really love about this job. When you apply your resources, led by regulation and the principles of legislation to do what is best in protection as stewards of our land. Given something that is already working, I would rather not add more layers of bureaucracy to that already-working system. Thank you, Mr. Chair.