My questions will be for Mr. Nicholas in the next round.
I thank Mr. Deltell for giving me his speaking time.
[Member spoke in Mohawk]
[French]
Grand Chief, I hope that was said correctly. Welcome to the committee and thank you for being here.
The federal government has repeatedly said that this was an indigenous issue. It refused to act because the contaminated land was the subject of certificates of occupation, and Oka letters had been given to the two Gabriel brothers who operated that site.
Those letters of occupation have been returned to the band council, and now there are more administrative hurdles to intervening and decontaminating the land.
Can you clarify that again?