Thank you, Madam Chair.
Chief Bellegarde, welcome to the committee.
I was not here at the beginning of the meeting and missed your opening remarks. That said, I am happy, as all my colleagues have said, to confirm that the bill was passed at second reading. So we are waiting for it in committee. We are already a bit ahead; we expected the bill to be accepted. That's good news.
I really liked your last very constructive comments on the importance of identity. Yes, knowledge, science and mathematics—I'm not sure whether we are talking about the left or right brain—are important. However, as you were saying, who we are, where we are going and the language we speak are also important. For me, a Quebecker, language is important because it is associated with my culture. Of course we are proud to support this bill.
I would like to talk a bit about the numbers, Chief Bellegarde.
We heard from Minister Rodriguez yesterday, and he told us that he negotiated with the Assembly of First Nations and the Métis budget envelopes for this bill's implementation.
My first question is very simple. Have you had conversations with the minister on the budget envelope required for the implementation of the bill on indigenous languages?