Thank you very much.
Thank you for coming to our committee meeting.
I have two questions. They are rather broad in nature.
The first is this. We've now tabled the bill to amend the Indian Oil and Gas Act. I'm wondering if you can describe some of the benefits that would flow to first nations from passage of this bill—which has been kicking around for a long time. And maybe describe briefly the centre for excellence that is empowered by the bill, not directly but very indirectly.
Also, we just had the United Nations periodic review of human rights, with Canada firmly as a target nation. We were reviewed. A lot of the subject of that review, of course, involved first nations and our aboriginal population. I wonder if you could briefly describe the status of that and what the departmental response at this point might be.