Colleagues, we will now call this 26th meeting of the Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development to order.
Colleagues, we did give enough time because we know there was some confusion with regard to location. Apparently, as well, of course, the weather is delaying transportation here, so we appreciate our witnesses for waiting patiently.
Today we have a number of witnesses here and we want to hear from all of you, so we're not going to spend a lot of time with introductions. Colleagues, of course, I know you have the notice of meeting before you.
We have witnesses from the First Nations Lands Advisory Board, as well as the First Nations Lands Management Resource Centre.
Is it you, Chief Louie, who will start out? If you want to introduce everybody, that would be great. Welcome here and thank you so much for joining us. We're looking forward to what you have to say. We know there are some experts here and we're really keen on your incredible knowledge in this field, so we'll turn it over to you and not waste any additional time.
I should just note to colleagues, I have determined, as chair, that we're going to give our witnesses additional time for their opening statements. We only have the one group of witnesses today, so we're going to allow for up to 20 minutes for the opening statements.
We'll turn it over to you. Thank you.