Can I propose that we draft a letter to send to the House affairs committee to ask for a change in the Standing Orders and the rules and procedures to allow us to honour indigenous elders in this way? It's an established practice and not one of cost, really. It's just a question of how we pay for it and execute it. We could take the lead and suggest that all committees be given permission to honour indigenous elders as they appear as witnesses, especially when we connect studies into indigenous affairs.
Secondly, I'll take it upon the government side to facilitate the presentation of the gifts that honour their presence. If we could get the addresses of the elders that are being invited, my office will take care of it as a gesture of goodwill towards establishing a new and good practice.