I open the Thursday, December 7, 2006, meeting of the Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development.
Committee members, you have the orders of the day before you. This morning, in the first hour, we will be dealing with the B.C. treaty process. The witness is Robert Morales, chief negotiator from the Hul'qumi'num Treaty Group. In the second portion of this meeting we'll be continuing discussions around the circumstances faced by the Pikangikum First Nation.
Welcome to the committee, Mr. Morales. Thank you very much for the fact that you were here in Ottawa. It worked out great for us to be able to hear this presentation. What we will do is let you speak for ten minutes or so, and then we'll be asking the committee members to ask you questions.