It's good to be back.
Thanks, everybody.
It's an esteemed panel to be on today—to join and hear from—and I feel so hopeful, actually. I know that some of the challenges and barriers have been difficult, but hearing from you, I'm also extremely hopeful.
As I was telling Ms. Anderson earlier, I think Carol Anne Hilton is one of the greatest leaders globally on indigenous economic reconciliation, and she runs the Indigenomics Institute. She is from the Hesquiaht First Nation, which is in my riding. She is an incredible Nuu-chah-nulth leader, so I'm really privileged to have heard her talk about the opportunity of creating a $100-billion economic opportunity with indigenous people in terms of procurement. She talks about moving toward “systemic inclusion of Indigenous Peoples in today's modern economy”, which is such an important aspiration. It is critical when it comes to reconciliation.
Ms. Anderson, can you give an evaluation of how close we are in terms of “systemic inclusion of Indigenous Peoples in today's modern economy”?