All right.
Thank you, Mr. McDonald, and committee members, and your hard-working staff, for inviting me.
As a non-partisan witness with no economic interests at stake, I feel free to explain the law as I see it, while recognizing that others may see it differently.
My relevant experience is in analyzing laws and judicial decisions, and I've also drafted federal and provincial legislation. However, I don't claim any special expertise in aboriginal treaty law or in fisheries law.
While I was preparing for today, I watched some of your earlier meetings. Meeting number eight was of particular interest—[Technical Difficulties]