Past Session:

Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Energy, the Environment and Natural Resources

First Session Thirty-seventh Parliament, 2001

Chair: The Honourable NICHOLAS W. TAYLOR

Monday, December 10, 2001

Issue No. 22

Second meeting on: Bill C-33, An Act respecting the water resources of Nunavut and the Nunavut Surface Rights Tribunal and to make consequential amendments to other Acts

APPEARING:

The Honourable Robert D. Nault, P.C., M.P., Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development

The Honourable Paul Okalik, Premier of Nunavut

WITNESSES:

From the Mining Association of Canada:

Mr. Pierre Gratton, Vice President, Public Affairs and Communications;

Mr. Michael Hardin, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary;

Mr. Mike Vaydik, General Manager, Northwest Territories and Nunavut Chamber of Mines.

From the Government of Nunavut:

Ms Lois M. Leslie, Senior Legal Advisor.

From the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development:

Mr. Daniel Ricard, Senior General Counsel;

Mr. Will Dunlop, Resource Policy and Transfers Directorate.

MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE

The Honourable Nicholas W. Taylor, Chair

The Honourable Mira Spivak, Deputy Chair

and

The Honourable Senators:

Adams, Banks, Buchanan, P.C., *Carstairs, P.C. (or Robichaud, P.C.), Christensen, Cochrane, Eyton, Finnerty, Kelleher, P.C., Kenny, *Lynch-Staunton (or Kinsella), Sibbeston

* Ex Officio Members

(Quorum 4)

Energy, the Environment and Natural Resources