Natural Resources committee  Yes, absolutely.

Natural Resources committee  Yes.

Natural Resources committee  Yes.

Natural Resources committee  They actually are a recommending body. So they make a recommendation to Canada, Yukon, and first nations, I believe, to accept, amend, or reject

Natural Resources committee  One of the things the chamber has been involved in, because we have devolution in the territories, so we have authority over our lands.... The Yukon government has actually been the land developer in the territory for many years, and is only now opening up to private sector development.

Natural Resources committee  It depends on the size of the project. Attached to every stage of a project, there are timelines according to which the YESAA committee, the review committee—depending on the size of the project and what levels it goes to—has to respond. Now this could include timelines regarding requests for more information, and there's also an onus on the proponent to come back with the required information.

Natural Resources committee  Yes, as can the committee itself.

Natural Resources committee  Please don't quote me on that. It's been a long time since I looked at the structure of YESAA. I think who the deciding body is depends on whether it happens on crown lands or not.

Natural Resources committee  Yes.

Natural Resources committee  Yukon is still experiencing a housing crunch. It is not only the city of Whitehorse. It expands into the communities. A large part of that challenge for us is probably because there is a lack of planning and foresight into how much our population is going to expand, recognizing that the demographics are changing, that our children are now in the housing market, so more pressures are being created there.

Natural Resources committee  I'll give it a whirl. Can you hear me now?

Natural Resources committee  Regarding the resource revenue sharing agreement, Yukon currently has a cap of $3 million. After that, all monies go to Canada. I do believe the agreement in the NWT has a cap of $50 million, so there's a difference of $47 million. Hugh, am I correct?

Natural Resources committee  Absolutely. It would make more monies available to maintain the infrastructure that has increased pressure on it, regarding resource development activities and the influx of people in the territory. It would alleviate some of the pressures on our health care system and social safety network.

Natural Resources committee  Certainly our role will be supporting those discussions, as well as supporting the need, because it is a need for Yukon to receive more of its resource royalties.

Natural Resources committee  I certainly think the example of the Minto mine operated by Capstone is a great success story. They negotiated an economic impact and benefit agreement with the Selkirk First Nation. There were several components to it. I'm not intimate with that agreement itself, but I do know there was job training criteria involved in the agreement.