Thanks very much, and thank you for coming. It has been wonderful to listen to you and hear your optimism for the future. I think sometimes Canadians' eyes glaze over at topics such as economic development. They're not really sure, but when you talk about jobs and the ability to have jobs where you live, I think people understand what the talk is about.
When we met in your office, Chief Louie, we talked a little about the beauty of your location and what it offers. Obviously the Rama Reserve on Lake Couchiching and Lake Simcoe is also beautiful.
You were on your way to Moosonee to talk to some of the people in northern Ontario. I would love to know what to say to those people whose location doesn't offer the same obvious opportunities for economic development. Even the Victor Mine, 80 kilometres from Attawapiskat, is only going to be there for 10 years, and then it's gone.
Is it through additions to reserves? How do you advise those people, or how does your board advise those groups to prepare themselves or to dream in Technicolor about what could happen in the land they have or the land they would like to have?
I think we were a little concerned when Mr. Wernick, the deputy minister, was here saying that first nations need to be ready to enter the land management regime but that the self-assessment tool is designed by the department, not by you. That seemed a little funny. Then you have these big wait times as well for the people who maybe haven't been as creative as you have in being able to work within the Indian Act.
Given that situation, what did you say in Moosonee?