Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you, Mr. Minister. I greatly appreciate the work that has been done. The creation of the Specific Claims Tribunal is important work; a good job has been done.
Mr. Minister, I have a few questions that I will admit are somewhat sensitive. I am in no way questioning your competence, that is absolutely not the case. My first question is a little more general, however. Were the provinces, and obviously Quebec, consulted before the bill to create the Specific Claims Tribunal was introduced?
I might ask at this point that your assistants look at clause 15 of the bill, because I will have questions about that.