Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. I don't know if I'll go 10 minutes. Some of my colleagues may want to jump in if I finish before that.
I want to welcome Chief Douglas and his delegation here this morning. It's nice to see you here. Welcome to Ottawa.
Chief, in your June 2006 letter to the committee, you referred to a need to rebuild and restore relationships with three levels of government, and you also said that one of the hardest relationships to rebuild and restore was the relationship with the Department of Fisheries and Oceans.
I'm wondering if someone could inform the committee what led to a deterioration of relationships with government? And particularly, are there still unresolved and contentious issues with DFO, and if so, what are they?