David Wilks at the Indigenous and Northern Affairs Committee

Thank you, Chair.

Thank you for coming today.

I've watched with interest the use of first nations land management by first nations, particularly in British Columbia with Westbank. In my riding of Kootenay—Columbia, the Shuswap and the Ktunaxa have just signed on to first nations land management. I'm eagerly going to watch that, because it should be very interesting.

In that light, have the capacity building programs undertaken by your association and aboriginal development created an atmosphere that supports movement from Indian Act land management to first nations land management? Could you give me some examples of how that has worked for you?