Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you to the witnesses for coming today.
I want to encourage us to have a conversation here rather than using tones that take us toward somewhere where we can't come to a resolution we can all live with. In fairness, we're dealing with a unique set of circumstances. The federal government, as you all know, is not normally in the business of providing core funding for universities, and so it goes a long way to demonstrate historically the commitment and gives a moment for pause as we deal with what appear to be some fairly profound and systemic issues that, in fairness, other members of the committee have conceded to perhaps, or acknowledged, depending on your understanding of what they're saying, and by admissions of witnesses here today.
That said, I'd like to bring some clarity to an issue in which I have a particular interest. Those questions will be directed to Mr. Turk.
I'm reading from a document from your website that is a chronology of the events for the First Nations University of Canada. To the extent that you're familiar with that and just by way of review, it appears that in 2008, after three years of waiting for the implementation of the All Chiefs' Task Force governance recommendations, the Canadian Association of University Teachers in fact voted unanimously to censure First Nations University governance, over governance and academic freedom issues. Is that true?