Thank you so much, Chair.
Thank you to all our witnesses, in particular Dr. Dragon and Dr. Dubé, and Olivia for the gift.
Every time each of us looks at the braid, I think we will remember what we were learning from this very interesting study.
To get back to the purpose of the study, it's how to best integrate indigenous traditional knowledge and science into government policy development. Our analysts have given us some examples of what other countries have done, in particular Australia, the United States and New Zealand.
Australia has developed IP Australia. This government agency, which administers intellectual property, started a number of initiatives related to indigenous knowledge, as an example. The United States has put together particular guidance for federal agencies on recognizing and including indigenous knowledge in federal policy and decision-making. New Zealand, I think, is quite far ahead. They have also put together various vision statements.
Starting with Dr. Dragon and Dr. Dubé, could you give us some suggestions on how the federal government could perhaps use some of these mechanisms that have been tried elsewhere and could be useful?