Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Thank you for the question. We continue to observe all the protocols in our gatherings, and all the things that we were taught back many years ago by our elders, and we still learn from our elders and our teachers. We make sure that, with all our cultural concerns, we try to address them and to make sure they're observed as we work and as we go forward.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  My friend Mr. Beynon will respond to you.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Meegwetch for the question and for letting me share part of the day with all of you today. If we look at all of those examples where our lands have been in limbo for quite some time, including the area you mentioned—I have friends in the Grand Council Treaty No. 3 area as well—how do you measure the cost of lands being tied up in limbo for so long?

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Aaniin kina waya. Hello, everyone. Meegwetch. Thank you for the invitation to speak to this committee as we meet on the traditional lands of the Algonquin. My name is Phil Goulais. I am a proud member of Nipissing First Nation and the former chief of Nipissing First Nation. I have had the privilege to serve as an elected director of the Lands Advisery Board for many years.