Thank you, Mr. Chair, and thank you to the witnesses.
This is a meeting, I must say, that I was really looking forward to in the sense that we have a certification process here that goes a long way to build capacity. One of my colleagues is going to try to break that down for us.
I just want to address two areas. One, what are the challenges that land managers face under the Indian Act? And two, could you speak in more general terms about the capacity-building programs—the good things and some of the challenges?
With respect to the challenges facing land managers under the Indian Act, Leona, we have identified a few things in going through the literature. One would be that the land tenure is dissimilar to that off reserve. I suspect that would be a disincentive to investment. Another would be the lack of a reserve land registry system, which I think makes it difficult to prioritize and guarantee interests in land. I know that there are others.
Could you perhaps expound on those two very briefly—we only have seven minutes—and identify if there are any other major ones?