Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you, Minister and officials, for coming.
My first question, Minister, is with regard to “willing buyer, willing seller”.
When you attended committee of the whole last year, on a number of occasions you reiterated that this was the policy of the department. Again, I believe you were in the Senate for question period last week, and Senator Francis asked you a question in the context of first nations. In response, you said that willing buyer, willing seller is the basis on which you approach the decisions.
Is that the policy of the department and yours personally as well?