Thank you, Mr. Chair, and thank you to all of our witnesses who are here this evening.
Chief Jules, I wanted to talk to you about one of the four key pillars of the responsible resource development plan in Bill C-38, which is to strengthen consultation with aboriginal Canadians. We want to better integrate the consultation process with aboriginals by designating a lead department or agency to be the point agency, or the federal coordinator, for all projects. How will it help aboriginal communities to have one point of contact during the consultation process rather than having to repeat the same message to many different departments?