Thank you to the witnesses here today.
Mr. Chairman, it's not very often that we have witnesses who come to present to us who are familiar with the Northwest Territories, and even less often do they know the community where I come from, called Fort Providence. It's a small aboriginal community along the Mackenzie River. But today we have a witness who has family who will be visiting my community. I was shocked to hear that, and I really hope she has a good visit.
There have been some comments in your presentation that point to the positive nature of this change. I think you said it was a positive step forward. I also heard that this was a positive measure.
I also heard Mr. Sanger mention $1 billion in Canada. I think that was the number you used.
Over the last while when we have talked to our witnesses, we have tried to see how big the problem actually is. Is there any way you can frame that for us, to the best of your knowledge? What impact would this piece of legislation have on that? I'm trying to get a handle on how well this would work? Do you expect it to cut it in half?