Thank you, Madam Chair. Madam Chair, the Intergovernmental Council has been a co-development partner of the Mineral Resources Act regulations. They have sat at the table hand-in-hand with ITI in terms of getting to where we are at this point. And notwithstanding, I know perhaps not the view of every Member in this House, the industry partners out there are often quite critical of the fact that they feel that they haven't had the opportunity to have as much input as they want. So it seems like you can't always make everybody happy. But in this case, we have taken the legislative protocol that was brand new and put that into motion and put that into action, and there's a now codeveloped process through which the modern Mineral Resources Act regulations are ones that have had the Indigenous governments and modern treaty holders, as well as Council of Leaders, but IGC in particular, have been hand-in-hand in developing what that's going to look like and helping us to drive what the policy terms would be before getting to a point of actually drafting those regs. So it's been a very different process. It's been very unique anywhere in Canada. I do think it's going to produce something that we as Canadians can be proud of and as Northerners can be proud of. And I certainly -- you know, again, the process isn't over by any means. The process is still underway. But it is one that has really enacted that legislative protocol as being something unique and different. So if there are Indigenous governments who, for some reason are not happy with the IGCS process, I mean that's probably a question for EIA. Thank you, Madam Chair.
Caroline Wawzonek on Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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