Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I would like to thank all the witnesses for their presentations.
Ambassador, I am reassured by your last comment. You conclude that the consultations were successful based on the fact that you have spoken to the Canadian business community. That's reassuring.
There are projects in Ecuador tied to Adventus Mining, Atico Mining and Solaris Resources.
If you don't mind, I'd like us to talk about the Shuar Arutam people from the Ecuadorian Amazon. These are 47 communities that are organized into six associations, and their population is estimated to be about 12,000 people and 1,000 families.
You indicated that you did not want to meet with the president of the people in question.
Can you tell us why you didn't want to do that?