Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you, Minister Jordan, for being here today. I hope that you've had a good first year in office since last November.
I have several questions for you. As you know, many witnesses have appeared before us. We have a lot of ideas. People don't necessarily agree on everything, as you can certainly imagine. You said that the key issue that we're facing right now is how to define “moderate livelihood”. For some people, this concept can be defined, while for others it can't be defined. You said that you couldn't necessarily comment on this. The first nations themselves must say what they want.
I want to know whether your department has tried to hold discussions with the first nations affected by the Marshall decision in order to come up with this definition. Could you provide some figures? We know that 32 first nations were affected, but which ones are we talking about? Even though we can't know everything being said—I won't ask you for the definition put forward by each one—I want to know what efforts have been made. Are we on our way to a definition in the case of some first nations?