Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Indeed it is good news that we have moved forward on the Indian residential schools agreement. I'd like to acknowledge a number of people in this room who were involved in this file for many years and who fought very hard for some resolution of this blot on our collective history. If we thank the minister, we need to also thank in some way all of those aboriginal people who've spent their lives looking for justice through many administrations.
I had the privilege to chair for six years the Anglican Council of Indigenous Peoples, where I met some of the most beautiful human beings I've ever met. Some of them are in this room today. It's a very emotional time when you see these people who are good friends, who have fought hard. We must acknowledge the work of the aboriginal people in moving this file forward as well. Without them it would never have happened, and my hat is off to them.
Thank you.