Thank you, Madam Chair.
I'd also like to acknowledge the death of Gord Brown. The New Democrats express our deep condolences to Gord's family and to our Conservative colleagues. It's a real tragedy.
I'd also like to thank all of our witnesses for being here and testifying on Bill C-68, on the Fisheries Act. [Member speaks in Halkomelem] to my Tsleil-Waututh cousins providing their testimony. I'd like to start off with Tsleil-Waututh.
You directed the committee to the written submission, which we'll certainly review and look at. I appreciate that. You spoke about section 35, the 1982 amendment to the Constitution. My question is about the revised act. As stands, Bill C-68 right now includes wording about including traditional knowledge, but as you pointed out in your comments, Mr. Thomas, it doesn't include UNDRIP or free, prior, and informed consent. I am wondering if there's an amendment or some wording that you or the nation could suggest about how the legislation could be improved to respect free, prior, and informed consent and UNDRIP, the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.