Thank you very much.
I'll start with you, Ms. Mbarki. I'm very blessed to have in my riding people from two first nations, Hiawatha First Nation and the Alderville First Nation. When I talk to the indigenous leaders, they use words like autonomy, independence and empowerment. They often share skepticism of the federal government. Quite frankly, I share that skepticism, given the mistreatment of indigenous peoples by the federal government and also government interventions in the economy and the failures that the government has had with that.
With that, Ms. Mbarki, I'm hoping that maybe you could talk a little bit about the potential empowerment of indigenous people if in fact we were able to deregulate and open up and take full advantage of our natural resources.