Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I want to congratulate you, Mr. Wernick—wait, I will send you flowers, and the vase may follow—as this is the first time that an Indian Affairs deputy minister has been in that position longer than two years. It's a record. I hope you know you are setting a record; congratulations. I get the feeling, as do all of my colleagues, I'm sure, that you know your files and that you are fully competent.
Now that you have the flowers, here is the vase, since we do have to do some work, as well. I am also on the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights, and the justice minister appeared before us yesterday. He told us that the Specific Claims Tribunal would soon be getting to work, that appointments had been made.
I have a question for you, and I am not sure whether this is going around your department or not. But do you think the Specific Claims Tribunal will remain under the jurisdiction of the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, or will it not end up under the jurisdiction of the Department of Justice? Do you know anything about that?
